Jobs in the medical field, architecture and engineering, among others, are in-demand but hard to fill in due to lack of wage and non-wage benefits for workers in the country, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Thursday.
Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma made the admission when asked if higher salaries for workers in other countries is a factor as to why such jobs are hard to fill despite being in demand.
“There’s also delivery riders, virtual assistants, e-commerce jobs, service crew, bilingual and multilingual speakers, tourist guides, waiters...these are the ones we see that are hard to fill and ones the companies need, including those in emerging industries. The COVID-19 pandemic restrictions resulted in cutting back on operations, and the companies are now catching up [as the situation is improving].
“The government is not insensitive. We need to address the needs of our workers, but a wage hike that is at par with salary in working abroad is not something that we can do in an instant,” Laguesma said.
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