Nine job categories on the rise in PH

Job security is important for Anna and perhaps a lot of workers, too. In two online interview sessions, we talked about remote work opportunities and job security, and redundancy could be a factor for company layoffs. Working on Plan B, Anna polished her resume on LinkedIN, highlighting her credentials and her skillsets in digital marketing from her current and previous jobs. Last week, Anna relayed the good news that she received a job offer from a multinational company. An internal recruiter found her resume on LinkedIN. Not thinking she would get the job; she went through the recruitment process to see how far it would take her. Upon presenting the solution to a case study, Anna impressed the managers with her communication plan and skills in user experience and search engine optimization. Credentials are important in getting a job lead, but it is the skills for the role that gets you hired.

In 2020, LinkedIN observed that employers shifted from hiring based on credentials to hiring based on skills held. For their 2021 Jobs on The Rise Report for Southeast Asia (including the Philippines), it identified remote working as an underlying trend among all roles identified in the list. These categories have seen the highest year-on-year growth rates in hiring, based on data between the April to October 2020 period compared to 2019.