Philippines – Monster employment index shows slight decline in online recruitment for July

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By memberservices@staffingindustry.com (Danny Romero)

The Monster Employment Index for the Philippines shows online recruitment contracted by 2% in July compared to the previous year.

The index is a monthly gauge of online job hiring activity by Monster.com, which records the industries and occupations that show the highest and lowest growth.

According to the index for July, the Retail sector reported the sharpest growth in online hiring activity at 8% year-on-year, while the Advertising, Market Research, Public Relations, Media and Entertainment sector recorded the sharpest fall at -17% year-on-year.

Among the occupations in July, Customer Service talent were the highest in demand with 5% growth, year-on-year, while HR and Admin professionals saw the steepest annual decline at -16%.

Philippines’ unemployment stood at 5.6% in July, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.

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