A labor market study has indicated that 35 percent of companies were looking to hire more workers this year while 45 percent intend to maintain status quo, a rather positive outlook than the massive layoffs that many were expecting due to the COVID-19-induced economic recession.
This was reflected in professional recruitment services firm Michael Page Philippines’ Talent Trends 2021 Report, a survey of 12 Asia-Pacific markets with more than 5,500 businesses and 21,000 employees, of which 3,500-plus were directors or customer experience officers. It did not specify how many of these were from the Philippines.
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