JobStreet.com Career Congress for Student Leaders

JobStreet.com Career Congress for Student Leaders

Following the great success of the JobStreet.com Career Congress for School Administrators on 30th July 2008 at AIM Convention Center in Makati, Philippines, JobStreet.com Philippines has brought in another first in Philippines. You can browse our post on 8 Aug 2008 (080808) for the write-up!

In one of the largest gathering of student leaders in Philippines (if not the largest), JobStreet.com brought in 1,467 student leaders from 122 universities and colleges in Philippines to attend JobStreet.com Career Congress for Student Leaders.

Looking at the photo, you can see the huge crowd, with no empty seats. It is fascinating to see so many student leaders jump at the opportunities to attend a conference of such nature, to learn and upgrade themselves.

The photo shows a speaker addressing the audience.

There were a total of 17 top-notch speakers addressing the audience.

1. Atty Bernie G. Fondevilla - Chief of Staff of OPAJC (on behalf of Sec. Arthur Yap) for Opening Remarks.

2. Mr. Engelbert Camasura - AFPM Director, Personnel Management Association of the Philippines on Employment Overview and Trends.

3. Ms. Patricia Villanueva - Head of Customer Knowledge of Ayala Land, Inc. on Career Pathing (Overview on Sales & Marketing Specialization)

4. Mr. Park Quilling - Senior Recruitment Officer, Oracle Philippines on Career Pathing (Overview on Information Technology Industry)

5. Mr. Geodicio T. Sison - Director, Center for Industry, Productivity and Competitiveness on Career Pathing (Overview on Training Industry)

6. Mr. Gregorio S. Navarro - Managing Partner & CEO, Punongbayan Araullo on Career Pathing (Overview on Accounting & Finance Industry)

7. Mr. Alexander M. Genil - Vice President/Head of Human Resources for Technical Division & Corporate Recruitment, Nestle Philippines, Inc. on Career Pathing (Overview on Engineering Industry)

8. Mr. Jojo Uligan - Executive Director, Call Center Association of the Philippines on Career Pathing (Overview on Call Center/Customer Service Industry)

9. Mr. Gerboy Ortega - Vice President for Human Resources, Shell Philippines on Maximizing your Opportunities and the Role of Internship in Starting your Career

10. Ms. Chit Concepcion - Placement Director, Ateneo de Malina University on Maximizing your Opportunities and the Role of Internship in Starting your Career

11. Ms. Elvie Tarrobal - Head, Assessment Center & Talent Acquisition Services Profiles Asia on How to Find the Right Company

12. Mr. Rolando Martinez - Vice President, General Administrations Canon Information Technologies Inc. on Tips on Resume Writing

13. Ms. Katrina Dy - Fashion Editor, Summit Media, Inc. on Tips in Power Dressing

14. Ms. Arlyn Fausto - Recruitment Regional Director, NCO Group on Acing the Interview

15. Ms. Serely Alcaraz - Head, ITD Consulting Group on How to Top Your First 90 Days at Work

16. Mr. Ricky Espiritu - Asst. Vice President, Citibank Savings Inc. on How to Bank for Your Future and Manage Your Expenses

17. Mr. Rafael Maramag - Country Sales Manager, JobStreet.com Philippines on Introduction to Job Hunting/Recruitment/JobStreet.com Career Guide Interactive CD

If you are interested to get to know such event in the future, do sign up at JobStreet.com.

JOBSTREET.COM’S “JOBSolutely Cool!!!” AN OVERWHELMING SUCCESS

JOBSTREET.COM’S “JOBSolutely Cool!!!” AN OVERWHELMING SUCCESS

After a triumphant run in Cebu, JobStreet.com continued its successful streak with JOBSolutely Cool!!! – Glorietta. Held at the Glorietta Activity Center last July 3 and 4, the event was attended by more than 5,000 jobseekers from Mega Manila. Nineteen companies offered a wide variety of job opportunities and numerous career possibilities.

The JOBSolutely Cool!!! series of career fairs is part of JobStreet.com’s efforts to bring great job opportunities to more jobseekers. By combining face-to-face interaction of a physical job fair with the convenience of online applications, these pioneering events ease the way for qualified applicants to present themselves to their target employers.

The Glorietta leg was held in partnership with The Philippine Star Career Guide and was co-presented by Citigroup BPS and eTelecare. Other companies who participated in the event were Lexmark R&D, Starbucks Coffee, Accenture, Verizon Business, Ascend Asia, Emerson Electric Asia, Philippine AXA Life Insurance, Axis Global Technologies, Concentrix, the NCO Group, Telus, PeopleSupport, Logica, Teleperformance, Searchers and Staffers, Staff Alliance, and Primesoft.

Attendees were also showered with product samples from Great Taste Trio, Purefoods Mom’s Kitchen and Magnolia Real Good Noodles, as well as style and beauty makeovers from HBC and gift items from Friendster. The lucky first hire of each day was also awarded with a prepaid phone kit.

Watch out for the next leg of JOBSolutely Cool!!! on August 29-30 at the Festival Supermall in Alabang!

JobStreet.com Establishes Online Community for BPO Employees

JobStreet.com recently launched BPO Avenue Forum, a new online discussion board for people currently employed or seeking employment in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. The BPO Avenue Forum, the latest feature on JobStreet.com’s BPO Avenue portal, provides its members with the latest news and information on events and also serves as a venue for exchange of ideas, comments, feedback, and insider information in BPO employment.

“As the BPO industry provides its workers with a different work scope and environment, its workers are also subject to a different set of anxieties and uncertainties.” says Grace Colet, Country Manager of JobStreet.com Philippines. “BPO Avenue Forum enables BPO workers to get timely advice from sources they could trust – the people who went through the same set of experiences as they did.”

Current JobStreet.com users may register to the BPO Avenue Forum (http://bpoforum.jobstreet.com) using their JobStreet.com ID and password. Non-users can easily signup at www.jobstreet.com and register to the BPO Avenue Forum immediately. Once registered, BPO Avenue Forum users may start to post, read, and reply to any topic and even send private messages to other members.

The BPO Avenue Forum features topics that help BPO workers cope with the unique circumstances of their work such as Work, Career and Stress which provides tips to banish pressures on the job, Fashion at Work which gives tips on how to develop a style suited to the workplace, and Safety Warnings which gives advice to BPO employees on security since most of them go to work late at night. Members can also benefit from the best call center practices shared by their peers such as staff motivation techniques and management tips.

Since its launch, the forum has received positive feedback from its community members. “I see the BPO Forum as an avenue for us BPO and Call Center employees to be heard. Great job on this JobStreet!” posts member Cubey, while member 86ing shares “I'm sure this would be a great forum. I'm up for this.”
Member Jennakish says that the BPO Forum is “a very good site wherein you can get many information about our life at the BPO industry.” Another member, --KRiS--, enthuses, “I love this! Great minds meet and are having fun!” After a stressful day at work, member Binchee chills out at the BPO Avenue Forum. He says, “Definitely a good venue to relax and look for the right job at the same time.”

BPO Avenue Forum is part of JobStreet.com’s continuing efforts to help both the prospective and current BPO employees to understand the BPO industry better. It is one of the fastest growing sectors in recent years and is among the biggest employers in the country. Employing just about 2,400 people in 2001, the industry has grown to about 120 companies with 200,000 people in 2006. By 2010, Philippine BPO companies are forecasted to earn US$11 billion and employ 900,000 people.

It's All About SPEED

JobStreet.com has entered into a partnership with A1 Team Malaysia to feature the JobStreet.com branch on the rear wing of the team’s car in the final two races of this season's A1GP World Cup of Motorsport events in Shanghai, China and Brands Hatch, UK. In return, we'll be featuring the racing team's banner advertisement on our web portal.

"JobStreet.com is all about the speed to recruit and hire," said JobStreet.com chairman Datuk Ali Kadir, adding: "Our association with A1 Team Malaysia mirrors well the proposition of the JobStreet.com name."

The JobStreet.com logo on the rear of the Malaysian car means it has already been noticed prominently on global television coverage of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport events in Shanghai, China earlier this month (5-6 Apr 2008). The next opportunity will be at Brands Hatch in the UK on 2-4 May 2008, which attracts around seven million viewers as well as it being seen by thousands trackside.

In the meantime, please look out for the A1 Team Malaysia's clickable banner on the JobStreet.com Malaysia home page. If you sign up to be a member of the team’s fan club, Fanzone, you will receive a specially designed A1 Team Malaysia cap. Once a member of the Fanzone, you will also be able to take advantage of the regular offers and competitions featured there. JobStreet.com as we plan for the next A1GP season."

Press release: A1 Team Malaysia links with JobStreet.com for joint promotion

Originally posted by blogadmin at http://blog.jobstreet.com/

Searching for Jobs by Job Title

We've just introduced a little enhancement to our jobseeker services and you may want to try it out and see how it works.

Job seekers normally use keywords to search for jobs in our JobStreet.com website. Previously, when a search is made, this process will look through the entire job advertisement (requirement, skills, company name, etc) and return the results you want. But we've also found that many searches are made with specific job titles in the jobseeker's mind: job titles that cater to their specific needs.

So in this enhancement, whenever you make a search with keywords, you now have two options:

1) Continue searching within the entire job advertisement; or

2) This is the new part: search for the job title only.

Note: This is only a graphic (To try it out for yourself and see how it actually works, please click on the links below).

To try the new search feature now, click here!

We hope you will find this neat improvement useful to help you find your desired jobs faster and easier!

Originally posted by blogadmin on Thursday, 17 April 2008 at http://blog.jobstreet.com/