Barista crash course for out-of-school youth

CEBU, Philippines – The growing demand for baristas both in the local and foreign market prompted Cebu Holdings Inc. (CHI), together with partner institutions, to offer a free crash-course program for out-of-school-youths residing in the six barangays near Cebu Business Park and Cebu Asiatown IT Park.

CHI along with the University of Southern Philippines Foundation, and Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) recently presented 17 graduates of the Barista crash course, which aims to provide employment to these young individuals, or encourage them to engage in small coffee shop business.

“The program dubbed TASA meaning “Tambayayong Aswat Sugod-sunod Asenso is a project created to meet the needs of the members of our community in the areas of education towards employment and entrepreneurship. It also means Team Assistance for Skills Advancement,” said CHI corporate communications manager Vera Alejandri

In cooperation with TESDA and USPF, the 17 out-of-school-youth chosen from barangays Apas, Camputhaw, Carreta, Hipodromo, Luz and Mabolo officially got their skill’s certification with hands-on training in support with the well-known coffee shops like Bo’s Coffee Club, Figaro, Gloria Jeans, and Seattle’s Best

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Mynimo posts about 250 to 300 jobs a day. As of yesterday, the job site posted 264 local vacancies-38 of which were managerial and supervisory positions; 36 were related to IT; 34 involved sales, marketing or retail; and 31 were accounting and finance-related jobs.

Incompetence cripples RP workforce

CEBU, Philippines - An advocate of the Philippine Business for Education said the underlying problem hounding the country’s manpower resources lies on the lack of competence of the applicants rather than on the perception of a “skills mismatch"

Salazar revealed that most respondents in the said survey complained on their manpower’s ability to communicate, the lack of confidence and skills to speak and explain as well as do critical and independent thinking.

Quoting the mean percentage scoring from the 2004 to 2005 National Achievement Test for High school student results, Salazar said that only 71 percent pass English competency exams and 44 percent has low mastery over the subject matter while only 16 percent pass in Math while only two percent pass in the Science subject

He said that the short education cycle in the country has also affected the quality of our education because the basic education, which should be spent for an average of 12 years is cramped to fit into the 10 years cycle which we are practicing Click this link to read full article Philippine Star 6/13/09

Hanjin to hire 24,000 more

Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Corp. will hire 24,000 more Filipino workers for its Subic and Misamis Oriental plants, the government announced on Tuesday. Click this link to read full article Manila Times 6/3/09

From nurses to seamen

DID you know 1: This year’s batch of 300 scholars of the Development Bank of the Philippines’ (DBP) Endowment for Education Program are high school graduates who want to take maritime and technical/vocational courses (read: the scholarship is for the entire course, not just for one year, and there are no strings attached).
Aside from being smart, the main qualification of each scholar is extreme poverty. The sob stories of many of these scholars are for real.

Mind you, DBP actually checks out financial situation of all applicants, starting with the branch manager who talks to the family and friends of the applicant within his/her branch jurisdiction.

Last year, the DBP scholarship focused on nursing but the supply for nurses in the next five to 10 years is expected to exceed demand both here and abroad. Click this link to read full article 6/7/09 Business Mirror

South Korea to hire 8,000 filipino workers until 2011

South Korea, in a memorandum of understanding that iT signed with the Philippines on Sunday, guaranteed the hiring of 8,000 Filipinos to work in South Korea every year for the next three years. Click this link to read full article 6/1/09 Manila Times

Online job site asks schools, firms to address job mismatch problem

AN ONLINE job posting company said the job mismatch phenomenon is not just a problem of the government but also of industries that are active participants in the job hiring process

For those who are currently looking for jobs, Viray said current opportunities are in the fields of information technology, retail and manufacturing, tourism and hospitality and accounting. Graduates who specialize in these fields have better chances, if “they know where to look.” Click this link to read full article 4/24/09Cebu Sunstar

Cebu Pacific needs 250 female flight attendants

Despite the ongoing economic downturn, low-fare leader Cebu Pacific(CEB), the Philippines’ largest carrier to ASEAN, is in urgent need of 250female flight attendants to augment its current workforce.

“Our continued domestic and international expansion and rapidly growing passenger base require us to hire and train more cabin attendants. They have to exemplify Cebu Pacific’s fun, reliable, and high-quality service,” Cebu Pacific vice president for marketing and distribution Candice Iyog said.

Interested female applicants between 18 and 25 years old with good eyesight, a pleasing personality and at least a height of 5’3” and weight proportional to height may apply at the Cebu Pacific Training and Development Center located at Domestic Road, Pasay City.

Applicants must at least have completed second year college, should be fluent in English and Filipino and willing to be based in Manila, Clark (Pampanga), Cebu and Davao.

Cebu Pacific requires applicants to submit their resume with a 2×2 ID photo and credentials; and to undergo a series of interview, training, and practical tests.

Screening of applicants is scheduled from 9:00am to 4:00pm on May 20 and 27 for Manila, May 21 in Tuscany Room of Hotel Veniz in Baguio City, and June 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2009 in Manila. Cebu Pacific applicants must be in business attire, with full make-up, and hair neatly tied.

Iyog concluded, “We encourage young graduates to apply in Cebu Pacific. We are a young, fun, and service-oriented firm committed to providing high-quality service Filipino travelers across Asia and the Philippines.” Cebu Pacific, the country’s leading domestic airline, has a fleet of 10 A319 and 11 A320 Airbus aircraft and eight turbo-prop ATR 72 aircraft. It expects to take delivery of two more ATR aircraft this year allowing it to open more inter-island routes. Click this link to read full article 5/20/09 Cebu Sunstar

Wanted: tuition fee , On being a working student

You’ll never know the value and worth of money until you’re the one working for it,” an advise often dismissed by many youths as guilt-inducing trite yet true lines often spoken by parents. But there are youth who know exactly what they are talking about by working as a fast food crew. Click this link to read full article Manila Times 5/18/09

Jobs galore at Defense: 3,545 needed

At least 3,545 jobs, mostly janitorial and clerical positions, are available for displaced workers at the Defense Department and its attached agencies, Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said yesterday. Click this link to read full article Manila Standard 5/14/09

16000 jobs available in Libya - DOLE

Roque said Filipino doctors, nurses and other medical workers are also needed in Libya. He said talks are underway between the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Tripoli and the Libyan government for the recruitment of medical These companies have hired Filipino engineers and skilled construction workers for the construction of Libya’s man-made river, hotels, power plants, housing units, and road and renovation projects, he said. Click this link to read complete article Philippine Inquirer 5/11/09

New overseas hires drop 29% - DOLE

MANILA, Philippines - Fewer Filipino workers are now getting hired abroad contrary to the government’s claim, the recruitment industry said yesterday. Click this link to read full article Philippine Star 5/11/09

Training center gets more students eyeing employment in tourism

The private training center in Mandaue, Cebu has had 200 enrollees since it started operations in February. About 90 percent of the enrollees have been hired by local establishments.

He disclosed that many tourism establishments—including Shangri-La Mactan Resort and Spa, Shangri-La Boracay Resort and Spa, Imperial Palace Waterpark Resort and Spa, Raddison Hotel and Abaca—have asked the company for people who can fill in vacancies in their housekeeping, food and beverage, and bar-tending departments. Click this link to read full article Cebu Sunstar 5/6/09

Take vocational courses’

WITH the high number of jobs lost due to the global financial crisis, an official from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) is advising high school graduates to consider taking vocational courses, instead of pursuing a baccalaureate degree.

She said there is a growing number of local and foreign companies with investments related to tourism and construction that are looking for people who have skills in welding, construction work, housekeeping, food and beverage preparation, bartending, front desk services, and tour-guiding, among others.

The government will subsidize the enrollment fees of a scholar in a vocational course and provide him a P60 per day allowance. Displaced-workers-turned-scholars are given P133.50 a day. The budget is designed to provide scholarships to more than 4,000 qualified residents in the province. To avail of the PGS program, one has to apply at the Tesda provincial office where he or she will undergo a career profiling assessment test. To read the complete article click here Cebu Sunstar 5/5/09

Jobs still available in Cebu

DESPITE the global economic slowdown, companies in Cebu—even those located in economic zones—are still hiring. Click this link to read full article Cebu Sunstar 5/2/09

Hotline to jobs in Globe-DoLE partnership

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Labor and Employment, in partnership with Globe Telecommunications, will launch on Friday a call, text, and online hotline service for the local workforce and overseas Filipino workers seeking immediate information on local and overseas jobs.

Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said the DoLE and Globe would unveil the 3-way Asenso Connect service, which consists of three communication channels—the DoLE 2917 Hotline, 2910 SMS facility, and the www.dole2917.com.ph website. Click this link to read full article 05/01/2009 Philippine Daily Inquirer

Web site posts job interview questions

Web site posts job interview questions Business World 5/1/09 Click this link to read full article

Philippine Army bares recruitment

CEBU, Philippines – The Philippine Army has announced the immediate recruitment for the Officer Candidate Course.
Through the Army Recruitment Center for Visayas, the Philippine Army is inviting those who passed the pre-entry written examination for the course for interview scheduled in the first week of May. Aside from those who already have taken the exam, interested applicants could still register at ARC-Visayas Office, Camp Lapu-Lapu, Cebu City.

The examination will be conducted at 8 a.m. on April 28. Walk-in applicants will also be accommodated.
According to the Philippine Army, an applicant must have a baccalaureate degree or a graduate of any four or five-year course, and must be single or without any dependents.The applicant must be 21 to 24 years old. A male applicant must be at least 5’4” in height while female applicant must be at least 5’0.”

Requirements are school credentials, birth certificate from the National Statistics Office or from the civil registrar, and a valid identification card. Click this link to read full article Philippine Star 4/24/09

More high-value IT jobs

THE next wave in outsourcing and off-shoring has already arrived in the country and Cebu has been receiving a “steady” arrival of information technology (IT) services companies, said an official of a Cebu-based foundation.
But Bonifacio Belen, executive director of the Cebu Educational Development Foundation for Information Technology (Cedf-it), said more initiatives in preparing the Cebuano workforce for high-value services should be encouraged. Click this link to read full article Cebu Sunstar 4/13/09

RP education not attuned to in-demand jobs abroad - recruiters

“Of the one million college graduates annually, only five to ten percent are employed in jobs consistent to their course, only 30 to 40 percent will find any employment. The vast majority of graduates will remain unemployed," he said in his study titled “The OFW economic engine, Philippine Reality and Required Reform Arising from the Global Financial Crisis."

He added that many local nurses even end up paying for a job in a desperate attempt to obtain the necessary work experience.

“There is close to 400,000 licensed nurses who are not gainfully employed and there is an estimated 80,000 board-passers joining the ranks each year," said Soriano. Click this link to read full article GMA news 4/10/09

Gov’t sees 500,000 jobs in Mindanao

According to a report made by Merly Cruz, trade and industry undersecretary, business process outsourcing companies (BPOs) and tourism in Mindanao were likely to bring in a combined revenue of more than $10 million by the end of 2009. Click this link to read full article 4/8/09 Philippine Inquirer

Taiwan cuts jobs for foreign workers

TAIPEI: Taiwan has cut the number of foreign workers and maids working on the island by 24,000 since November, as a result of the global economic slowdown, it was reported on Sunday. Click this link to read full article 4/6/09 Manila Times

McDonalds rolls out online recruitment

As part of its e-People strategy, McDonalds Restaurant is rolling out an online recruitment and staff induction platform to 730 retail food outlets across Australia. Click this link to read full article quatar mcdo e-mail: mcdqatar@qatar.net.qa

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Local studio wants Filipino animators

An award-winning local animation studio, Toon City Animation was recently acquired by the Bacnotan Consolidated Industries, Inc. (BCII). It services US clients Universal Studios, Walt Disney, Warner Brothers and European client Atlantica.

"The animators are on contractual-basis, hired on project-basis who gets compensated on their output," added Toon City chief financial officer Orlando Verde. Click this link to read full article Philippine Inquirer 4/3/09

1,000 jobs opened in Cebu call center

Convergys Corp., a business process outsourcing company, has opened its third facility at the Asiatown IT Park here and is now looking for people. Jose Manuel T. Castillo, Convergys Corp. sourcing manager, said the firm’s new contact center at i3 building will accommodate 1,000 employees. Click this link to read full article

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Military offers temporary jobs to jobless

Torres said that the AFP required nurses, psychologists, construction workers, auto mechanics, administrative clerks, utility personnel, computer programmers and data encoders, among others. He said the AFP expects to hire the people that they need by June. Click this link to read full article Philippine Inquirer 4/3/09

100,000 jobs open in Qatar

About 85 percent of the available jobs for OFWs in Qatar required technical and highly skilled workers in the construction sector, he said in statement. Filipinos in France are mainly woman caregivers working for families, and those jobs are not at risk, he said. At the moment, there is no sign of reduction of workers of families in France. They are not working for companies, so there is no reason for them to lose their jobs. The European Parliament has adopted a program in June 2008 to allow its member-states to repatriate all undocumented workers. The European Union estimates that there are more than 90,000 undocumented Filipino workers in Europe, mostly working as household workers in Paris, Nice, Milan, Rome, Madrid and Barcelona. Click this link to read more Yehey news 4/2/09 Philippine Inquirer 4/3/09