According to JobStreet’s latest job report as of August 2020, over half (60%) of all job candidates in the Philippines were impacted by the Covid-19 in which 17% were permanently retrenched and 43% found themselves temporarily not working.
The website’s #TogetherAhead initiative will focus on highlighting home-based and freelance employment opportunities, which are now posted on its dedicated Covid-19 Jobs and Resources Hub.
Online job portal JobStreet.com said there will be many changes that are bound to happen in the local labor market as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.
The online job portal platform said there some factors which workers are looking for when it comes to getting a job in SMEs, startups, and province-based companies.
Construction and engineering as well as food and beverage have higher male representation. On the other hand, education and healthcare are mostly female-dominated.