In Demand Jobs in the Philippines and Abroad as of 2014

Job seeking is becoming an increasingly competitive sport these days. With thousands of students graduating each year and limited number of job opportunities available to them, plenty of job seekers end up resorting to options they wouldn’t have had to choose if they had other alternatives.

However, while unemployment and underemployment in the Philippines is not a thing to be discounted, job seekers don’t necessarily have to become part of these statistics because there are plenty of jobs both here and abroad that are only waiting for interested candidates.

Below is a list of in-demand jobs and hard-to-fill occupations in key industries in the Philippines and overseas as compiled by the Department of Labor and Employment.

In-demand Jobs

Food and Nutrition

• Food technologist
• Nutritionist

Natural Sciences

• Forester

Business

• Human resource manager
• Cashier
• Accountant 
• Accounting staff

Agriculture

• Agriculturist

Engineering

• Industrial Engineer
• Mechanical Engineers
• Chemical Engineer
• Civil Engineer
• Electrical Engineer
• Materials engineer
• Sanitary engineer
• Plumbers
• Welders
• Heavy Equipment Operator
• Electrical Technician
• Machinist
• Mechanic
• Metallurgist
• Instrumentation technician
• Carpenter
• Mason

Architecture

• Draftsman
• Landscape artist

Computer and Information Technology

• IT Specialist
• Computer programmer
• Software developer
• Systems analyst
• Web designer
• 3D modelers
• 3D Artist
• 3D Animators
• Flash Animators

Visual Arts

• Painter

Medicine and Allied Health Sciences

• Pharmacist
• Physician
• Medical technologist
• Veterinarian
• Herbologist

Education

• Librarian

Miscellaneous

• Legal transcriptionist
• Florist

Source:

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/01/17/14/43-demand-hard-fill-occupations-philippines