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In 2010, the Philippines was then declared the world's BPO capital. From this point, the BPO industry continued to grow and generate more revenue, with the industry providing the most job opportunities in the private sector. [2] Since the 1980s, the unemployment rate stayed between 8-11% in the Philippines.
A part-time job is a form of employment that carries fewer hours per week than a full-time job. Workers are commonly considered to be part-time if they work fewer than 30 hours per week. [2] Their hours of work may be organised in shifts. The shifts are often rotational.
The global recession in 2008 resulted in the loss of jobs for many Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). This prompted the Philippine government to assist OFWs transition to call center agents. [ 5 ] The government program, funded by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), is part of the government's vocational scholarship program of ...
The number of employees that usually work part-time climbed to 28.2 million in August, the highest number since the government began recording the data in the 1960s, BLS data shows.
Underemployment is a problem particularly in developing countries, where the unemployment rate is often quite low, as most workers are doing subsistence work or occasional part-time jobs. In 2011, the global average of full-time workers per adult population was only 26%, compared to 30–52% in developed countries and 5–20% in most of Africa.
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On the other hand, there is the job and skill mismatch. Even with the high unemployment rate, there are jobs that are not filled because there are no applicants who have the right qualifications. [21] From this job mismatch problem also arises the educated unemployed. In 2010, the unemployment rate among the college educated is about 11%.