The Philippines IT-BPM Industry offers new and rewarding career opportunities to everyone
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IBPAP Leadership Series: Spotlight on Remote/Hybrid Work
Topic: Enabling Leaders to Adapt for the Future
July 26, 2021
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DICT-IBPAP Industry Awareness Fair
Episode 2: "Be Part of the Growth, Explore an IT-BPM Career"
June 23, 2021
View Image"The central bank sees remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rising by six percent this year and by four percent next year, while earnings of the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is seen growing by nine instead of five percent this year and by five percent next year." [Read more…
Read more“During Wednesday's plenary session, a total of 221 lawmakers voted in favor of House Bill No. 10329, or the Public Schools of the Future in Technology (PSOFT) Act, which aims to harness technological innovations, processes, and instruments in facilitating teaching and learning processes that…
Read more"According to Madrid, the IT-BPM Roadmap 2028 will allow real time midpoint reviews along the six years to calibrate for any changes to keep the industry on track and address any speed bumps along the way." [Read more in Manila Bulletin]
Read more"As much as 5 million Filipino workers need to be reskilled or re-trained between now and 2030 as majority of jobs will be lost to automation, according to a report." [Read more in Manila Bulletin]
Read moreInvestment pledges registered by the Board of Investments (BOI) amounted to nearly P313 billion as of July, a 24-percent increase from the level in the same period last year.
[Read more in Inquirer]
THE Clark Freeport Zone said it added 54 new locators in the first seven months of 2019, generating 5,295 new jobs.
Clark Development Corp. (CDC) Vice President for Business Enhancement and Business Development Group Evangeline G. Tejada said locators in the economic zone now total 1,092.
THE Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) is planning to sign a partnership with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to digitize government transactions.
In a statement, the government’s bureaucracy regulator said it is due to sign a memorandum of agreement with the DICT in the first week of September. This agreement aims to formalize the coordination of the two agencies in improving government transactions through greater use of technology.
Europe is one of the major continents actively partaking in the legal process outsourcing market, particularly in the onshore LPO services. The stringent data protection law implications by the EU is lowering the demand for offshore services consequently boosting the onshore LPO market share. The onshore model is also gaining a substantial significance on grounds of it enabling a shared regulatory framework and streamlined business processes. Recently, Herbert Smith Freehills, a renowned legal firm based out of London, U.K., expanded its alternative legal service portfolio by opening a new branch in South Africa which will deal with due-diligence related tasks for the clients.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has launched a digital tax payments system allowing Filipinos to pay their taxes online using the electronic funds transfer service PESOnet, in line with the Duterte administration’s goal to cut red tape and improve the ease of doing business to better serve the public and attract more investors.
With the emergence of new technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things (IoT), Industry 4.0 ensures we are living in an era of deep and rapid changes to job markets worldwide.
Against this backdrop, it’s interesting to see that when asked which skills they believe will be most valuable in the future, ASEAN youths placed higher value on soft skills than hard skills.