00:00More and more Filipinos lost their jobs last October, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.
00:05What will be the jobs that will be in demand next year?
00:10Find out in this report by JP Soriano.
00:15Ishi will graduate next year from the Information Technology course.
00:19But for now, she is looking for potential job openings.
00:23In the Philippines, it's hard to find a job.
00:26AI is becoming more and more commonplace.
00:30The Labor Department says it's a good thing.
00:32But instead of responding, Secretary Bienvenido La Guesma said
00:36AI is just a chance to create a new type of job.
00:42PESDA, which is an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment,
00:46is now actually doing programs with respect to AI.
00:52Compared to last September, the unemployment rate in the country increased this October,
00:58based on the data of the Philippine Statistics Authority.
01:01Likewise, the underemployment rate, or those who have a job,
01:05but the income is not enough, or the salary and benefits are not enough.
01:11The University of the Philippines launched a job placement office.
01:15A better match would help in their employment.
01:20And the most important, the scholars of this country,
01:23we want them to work here in the Philippines.
01:26Based on the key employment generators for the coming years,
01:30jobs in manufacturing, agriculture, transport and logistics,
01:36tourism, construction, healthcare creative industries, education, and IT.
01:43JP Soriano reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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