The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a major shift in the way we work, live, and play. With many activities shifting to an online medium, the need for digital and tech-savvy workers has accelerated, driving up the demand for quality talents in IT and tech.
Understanding and addressing these changes in the digital age, JobStreet has partnered with technology news website Tech in Asia (TIA) to bring in the biggest career fair in the region, “Hire the Future” happening on March 9 to 11, offering thousands of digital and tech-related job opportunities across the region.
About 900 hirers from Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines will participate in the event. Filipino jobseekers can access more than 80,000 opportunities within the platform – with over 2,000 tech jobs. These are being offered by more than 200 notable local companies like ePLDT, BDO Unibank, Cognizant, ING Bank, and more.
Additionally, Filipino candidates can explore more than a thousand jobs in the country with some positions available like IT Helpdesk, IT Developer, IP Network Engineer, and Java Developer, among others.
This digital shift has birthed more career opportunities in IT Development, JAVA, Cloud, and SQL to name a few. This region-wide initiative is in line with SEEK Asia’s evolving Let’s Get To Work campaign, which is targeted at encouraging participation and empowerment in the workforce. The portal also aims to connect jobseekers with Asia’s top companies with an accessible platform to search for jobs that are meaningful to them.
“It has always been at the core of JobStreet to provide jobs that matter. We are grateful to partner with Tech in Asia in launching Asia’s biggest career fair to bring the freshest and most in-demand tech and digital jobs to each country, especially now that job markets are ready for digital transformation,”
– JobStreet Philippines Country Manager Philip Gioca
“Hire the Future” virtual career fair will have a mobile-first interface to enable employers and candidates to seamlessly participate virtually. They can access the virtual platform for on-the-spot recruitment through real-time connection via chat and online interview schedulers.
Jobseekers will also have the opportunity to interact with some of the participating companies such as Food Panda, Xendit, Carousell, YouTrip, GCash, Gojek, Grab, The Parent Inc., and Aspire through virtual office tours and masterclasses on career talks and tips that will be available on-demand via the website during the virtual career fair period.
JobStreet has advised candidates to update their resume upon registration with relevant skills, rehearse virtual interviews, and research on the position and company they are vying for.
Through this initiative, JobStreet also aims to empower the employers from participating countries by giving them access to millions of digital and tech talent and various features in the platform.
Applicants who will participate will also get a chance to win exciting prizes from JobStreet. To learn more about this career fair, click here or visit their official Facebook page.
Emman has been writing technical and feature articles since 2010. Prior to this, he became one of the instructors at Asia Pacific College in 2008, and eventually landed a job as Business Analyst and Technical Writer at Integrated Open Source Solutions for almost 3 years.
