Should you attach a photo on your resume?
Raket, the Philippines recruitment site has published a guide to recruitment photos.
Again that depends on the position you’re applying for. If physical appearance is part of the requirements then it’s a given, Otherwise one HR person said it would depend on your photo.
She said that some HR people [...]

The recent Guam Trade Mission conference which was held at the Renaissance Hotel has not only managed to entice more Filipino entrepreneurs to invest in Guam but have also brought good news of opportunities for jobs as well.

Six employees who were dismissed by a Clark casino in 2007 are about to get their work back. This is the decision of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) who ordered the company owned by Hong Kong Jack Lam in Clark Freeport Zone, to reinstate the six Filipinos it dismissed in July 2007 and to [...]

Early in January 2009, Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer bared that they were shedding 5,000 positions across its global operations. Initially, Microsoft Philippines have declared that it won’t be affected by the job cuts.
But earlier this month, the US-based company’s local unit has announced the implementation of the voluntary separation package (VSP) as Microsoft entered the [...]

The business process outsourcing (BPO) sector in the Philippines continues to grow and expand, in spite of the global financial crisis. In fact, because of the crisis, some outsourcing companies have introduced new services which provide for them additional revenue streams for their businesses. These were the results of the survey reported from the executives [...]

This coming June 12, Independence Day, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 6, will be having a three-day mega job fair wherein there are close to 16,000 jobs are to be filled up. As of date, 15 government agencies and about 28 local companies and overseas recruitment agencies have already confirmed participation for [...]

Public school teachers will soon be receiving a P6,000 pay hike spread over four years. That is because the House of Representatives has unanimously approved on final reading a resolution granting salary increases to all government workers, including public school teachers.
According to Speaker Prospero Nograles, the House Joint Resolution 36, which passed 178 to 0, [...]

The Philippine business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is looking for a new market outside the United States of America. Commission on Information and Communication Technology’s (CICT) commissioner for cyber services Mon Ibrahim, admitted that with the recent economic meltdown weakening the US economy, the Philippine BPO companies are now looking for new markets to do [...]

There is an approximate 10,000 workers who stand to lose their jobs should the city council won’t be able find any solution to the problem caused by its act of passing an ordinance which required some industries, like the Pandacan oil depot and multinational giants like Unilever to relocate from their present location in Pandacan [...]

Despite the global economic downturn which has cut international tourists arrivals by 8 percent in the first two months of the year, Cebu Pacific is looking to hire 250 more female flight attendants as it continues its plan of expansion.

A new bill has been filed in the House of Representatives that aims to help solve the rampant cases of tardiness happening in government offices. With the Philippine Standard Time (PST) still being ignored in some offices, House Bill 5902 will require all government offices to synchronize their official watches and clocks to it.

A job fair spearheaded by the Department of Tourism (DOT) will be held on May 22 and 23 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. The job fair called Trabaho sa Turismo already has 270 employers who confirmed to participate in the said fair, which is more than 50 percent over last year’s 175 [...]

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The said company recently announced plans to expand its global legal contest business and it has chosen the Philippines to host its facility.

In the light of the fear brought about by the potential outbreak of the A/H1N1 influenza virus, or more commonly know as the swine flu virus, a factory in Bataan Economic Zone (BEZ) has hiked up its production of face mask, bandage, isolation gowns and other medical garments.
Medtex, a Taiwanese company which has been operating [...]

StarTek is hiring another set of 400 agents, doubling its current employee base, to fill its 1,110-seat facility in the Makati business district. The new 400 agents will be mostly non-voice talents, and they expect to fill them up within the year.
But unlike other business process outsourcing (BPO) companies, StarTek has been employing “nontraditional HR [...]

The business process outsourcing (BPO) sector in the country is enjoying continuous growth despite the global economic turmoil. This is also the belief of Rajeet Mitter, Indian ambassador to the Philippines, and the Indian envoy to Manila remains optimistic that his country will continue to expand their BPO investments in the country.

The Filipinos can now hold to brighter year as the President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was given an assurance by the Middle East employers that there will be more than 200,000 new jobs available this year. This employment commitment was received by the president through a manifesto that was presented to her during the Middle East [...]

The Congressional Commission on Science and Technology and Engineering (COMSTE) chair Senator Edgardo J. Angara announced that the COMSTE will organize and host an International Renewable Energy Conference (IREC) in Manila this July 2009.
Angara, who is the sponsor of the Philippine Renewable Energy Law said “the Philippines has finally passed the Renewable Energy Bill. Its [...]

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is undertaking a massive project which could the next biggest tourism development in Asia. Its investors reiterated, and assured, their commitment to this project which is the Bagong Nayong Pilipino – Entertainment City Manila, and promised to do their part to ensure the success of the project.
Representatives of [...]

Singapore, in its expansion of the Resort World at Sentosa Island, will open about 5,000 new jobs which will be available for Filipinos, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said. The president sent a delegation last month to Singapore to explore possible job opportunities for migrant Filipino workers in the face of the global economic crisis.
The delegation [...]