Work from Home & Online Teaching Jobs at Jobstreet #TogetherAhead

By Miong - Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Unemployment is expected to increase as local companies lay off their employees, not to mention the repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and job-hunting fresh graduates. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted businesses in many aspects, including their workforce. Online job portal JobStreet.com launched its #TogetherAhead initiative with its commitment to be at the forefront in rebuilding businesses and careers.
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About JobStreet #TogetherAhead Initiative
#TogetherAhead initiative is JobStreet’s COVID-19 Jobs and Resources Hub which provides job opportunities fit for the condition nowadays such as home-based or freelance. It houses the current job report, available roles, assistance for candidates to get jobs more conveniently, and special aid for hirers.

JobStreet's parent company - SEEK Asia Chief Marketing Officer Ramesh Rajandran shares that the pandemic has greatly impacted businesses and the workforce on a global scale. More than ever, JobStreet strengthens its commitment to rebuild businesses, careers, and people’s lives.
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Livelihood for Filipino displaced workers 
More than 2M Filipino workers were reportedly displaced by the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), according by DOLE, with Metro Manila as the region with the highest displacement figure. The quarantine measures also caused companies to halt their recruitment processes. 

JobStreet Philippines Country Head Philip Gioca shares that some companies have paused accepting applications, but many of them remain actively recruiting, Gioca encourages jobseekers that there’s a way for them to signal hirers that they are up for urgent hiring.

Industries that are still hiring during this time are Call Center / IT-Enabled Services / BPO (41%), Government Jobs (15%), Education (9%), Banking / Financial Services (4%), Computer / IT (Software) (4%) among others based on JobStreet Internal Data.
Cebu JobStreet Website Online Jobs Fair

The following job roles remain widely available on JobStreet: Call Center Agent (10%), Teacher (7%), Nurse (5%), Engineer (4%) and many more. Fresh graduates who would like to work and earn this time can grab opportunities as Call Center Agent (Php 22,000), Teacher (Php 22,316), Customer Representative (Php 20,500), Admin Assistant (Php 13,319), Nurse (Php 20,745), among others.

Jobstreet #SanaOL CSR program
Under #TogetherAhead initiative, Jobstreet Philippines’ CSR program #SanaOL features jobs listing 15,000+ online teaching jobs, 14,000+ job vacancies that require no experience from job seekers, 1,600+ opportunities with work from home setup, and 180+ job opportunities for undergraduates. This is supported by YesPinoy Foundation led by Dingdong Dantes. The partnership was able to roll out #SanaOL program by facilitating online career coaching to Filipinos in need of livelihood.   
Connecting candidates and hirers.

Jobseekers are now looking for work from home opportunities, home-based, jobs with no work experience, part-time, or freelance, the demand shift is brought by the present situation.

Jobstreet #Worknow Feature
JobStreet introduced #WorkNow, its latest feature on the platform to support jobseekers further and get them closer with opportunities. #WorkNow allows ready-to-work candidates to stand out and connect them conveniently to potential employers. A #TogetherAhead initiative.

Likewise, this lets companies identify which candidates are available for urgent employment. To use this function, jobseekers only need to log in their JobStreet profile, edit ‘Additional Info’, go to ‘Other Information’ and type in #WorkNow then click ‘Save’. 

Small-to-medium enterprises are offered free-of-charge job posting on JobStreet that offer opportunities for college and K-12 graduates, work from home, and no experience jobs, which gives businesses the opportunity to rebuild themselves and reestablish their workforce.

Gioca added that the COVID-19 has introduced a new normal and it will continue to exist for quite some time, JobStreet is continuously stimulating the job market as part of our commitment to empower jobseekers and hirers during this trying times.

Learn more about #TogetherAhead and other JobStreet initiatives at bit.ly/JobStreetTogetherAhead.  

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