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Jobs and Infrastructure, Never Dole-Outs
Foolish. That’s what this whole proposal by the NEDA Chief Recto is:
STO. TOMAS, Pangasinan, Philippines – President Arroyo has ordered economic managers to study the proposal of Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ralph Recto for the government to set up a fund to extend temporary unemployment insurance to workers who lose their jobs, with money to be [...]
Science: The silver lining in the jobs crisis
Research and science jobs (in the government sector and some private R&D companies) aren’t likely to be cut despite the economic crisis. Pundits largely agree that one of the best investments during this hard times is in science research. While grants for new research will be less, existing research will still have money and jobs [...]
IT and electronics industries in a binary of fuzzy fate
The future couldn’t be bleaker. In the heels of Texas Instrument’s laying off of 400 workers in its Baguio facility, Intel announced the end of its 35-year old operations in the Philippines, laying off 1,800 workers. More dark clouds loomed after Labor Secretary Marianito Roque projected that there will be around 60,000 job losses [...]
Job stories
I love my job, I admit it. I’m a happy worker. It’s part-time so I don’t make much, but it’s enough to keep my grad school fund slowly growing. I don’t have a car of my own and I’m not above bumming a ride from friends now and again. My boss isn’t a pain in [...]
Blog Carnival: The Philippine Job Market and The Filipino Worker
With Labor Day or Araw ng Manggagawa approaching us, our first Blog Carnival topic will be focused on jobs, The Filipino Worker, The Philippine Job Market, and the state of the job market itself. If you aren’t familiar, a blog carnival is a type of blog event. It is similar to a magazine, in that it is dedicated to a particular topic, and is published on a regular schedule, often weekly or monthly. Each edition of a blog carnival is in the form of a blog article that contains permalinks links to other blog articles on the particular topic.
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