Online hiring in the Philippines grew 10 percent in July 2016, according to the Monster Employment Index (MEI).
MEI data released on Tuesday showed that five sectors posted online-hiring growth of above 20 percent in July 2016.
Monster.com-Aspac (Asia Pacific) and Middle East Managing Director Sanjay Modi said the growth in online employment is indicative of the economy’s strong growth.
“Business sentiments in the Philippines have remained positive, alongside steady customer confidence in the current economic environment. This has resulted in better employment conditions and more demand for candidates across the board,” Modi said.
The sectors that posted above 20 percent include education, which scored a growth of 42 percent, followed by logistics, courier, freight, transportation, import/export and shipping at 36 percent.
The list includes online hiring in advertising, market research, public relations, media and entertainment, which grew 33 percent in the same period.
Other sectors were hospitality and retail, which posted growths of 24 percent and 23 percent, respectively.
The least growth industries where online hiring contracted, meanwhile, included consumer goods/FMCG, food and packaged food, home appliance, garments/textiles, leather, gems and jewelry, which contracted 2 percent and production/manufacturing, automotive and ancillary, which contracted by a percent.
“In addition, the government is preparing the country to attract more investments and to boost existing infrastructure to accelerate growth. This is likely to be reflected in the online-hiring numbers in the months to come. Teachers, BPO [business-process outsourcing] professionals and nurses are the most in-demand jobs right now,” Modi said.
In terms of growth in occupations, jobs in purchasing, logistics or in the supply chain saw online hires increase by 29 percent and human resource and administrative staff by 25 percent in July 2016.
More Filipinos engaged in software, hardware and telecom industries were also hired online, as well as customer service and sales and business development.
The MEI is released by Monster.com. It is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity.
It records the industries and occupations that show the highest and lowest growth in recruitment activity locally.
The MEI is based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career web sites and online job listings across the country.
The index, however, does not reflect the trend of any one advertiser or source, but is an aggregate measure of the change in job listings across the industry.