LinkedIn tapped to bridge PH job-skills gap

The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) has partnered with LinkedIn, an employment-oriented social networking site, to help address the jobs-skills mismatch in the country.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said LinkedIn, with Dole, has released its Philippine Skills Report which shows the top skills of four million LinkedIn Filipino members.

The report, which also includes the in-demand jobs in the country, is aimed at helping companies in identifying employees who fit their hiring criteria.

“It will help companies fulfill their hiring needs and for the job seekers to find right opportunities fitted with their expertise,” he said in a statement.

The field of information technology topped LinkedIn’s top 10 industries where majority of its Filipino members come from.

This was followed by the outsourcing, education, banking and financial services, telecommunications, real estate, healthcare, computer software, oil and gas, and manufacturing industries. —JULIE M. AURELIO