The key to stabilizing the unemployment rate and giving underemployed Filipinos with better opportunities to acquire quality jobs? Upskilling. This is why Refocus, an online education technology company, advocates for improving one’s knowledge and capabilities through their courses.
Finding a stable and reliable job in the Philippines has proven to be a challenge over the past few months. According to Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the unemployment rate remained at 6.4% which translates to 3.13 million unemployed Filipinos versus 2.93 million in January. This means that while there are many job opportunities, most job seekers are unqualified.
But there’s something to be positive about as PSA also shares a drop in joblessness rates in March – the lowest since the pandemic began with a rate of 5.8% from a whopping rate of 17.6% in April 2020. However, while unemployment rates are decreasing, underemployed individuals who are looking for better job opportunities still continue to rise.
Getting the Unemployed Qualified: Raising Competency to Land Targeted Employment
The lack of professional development is a huge factor in unemployment with job turnover growing in the span of the first to second quarter of 2021. This is where education comes into play. Refocus’s mission is to help support Filipinos affected by this job crisis through career advancement courses and programs. This will equip job seekers with the right and up-to-date knowledge and skills that can help them land better job opportunities.
Upskilling the Underemployed: Empowering Employees to be Proactive in their Career Advancement
The advantages a person gets from upskilling will help with their self-fulfillment needs, their overall job satisfaction, boosting one’s confidence, and much more. Professional development can easily make challenged employees turn into engaged ones. It boils down to craving for growth in every opportunity one gets. Looking at the macro perspective of unemployment in the country, career advancement will truly help people create more avenues for job opportunities.
Driven Individual turned Employee through Education from Scratch
Through the mission of Refocus to extensively help young and seasoned professionals,a story of getting one’s dream job from learning the basics in digital marketing, shows how beneficial it is to invest in one’s education.
Yulia Maltseva, Senior User Acquisition at Refocus, did just that. From starting out as someone who was curious in marketing, to having felt she needed to harp on gaining more knowledge in the industry while she already had a job then, Yulia understands the potential digital marketing has for any individual. She decided to expand her knowledge by improving herself at an early time.
She came across one of Refocus’ webinars hosted by its co-founder Alexander Solovyov and at one moment during the talk, Alexander managed to pin down her pain point. Then, she started listening to the content provided by Refocus – from in-depth speeches to podcasts, until it sparked her interest in getting her dream job there.
After a few months of working at Refocus, she has seen significant improvement in herself – professionally. Just like how it was for Yulia, Refocus paves the way for young learners like her to be competent in their interests or chosen career path. To meet the demands of the dynamic market and trends, one must also move with flexibility and adaptability to change and learn more. Thanks to Refocus, they are able to help young professionals and entrepreneurs to upskill and learn something new to make them more viable for employment, one lesson at a time.
Supporting Filipino students’ and professionals’ career through education
The heightened competition in fighting for a job opportunity still continues – and it will get more challenging as upskilling becomes a rapid requirement in today’s industries. Refocus paves way to better equip Filipinos through their leadership in EdTech that is timely, practical, and relevant as a means to leverage their ability to sell themselves and their skillset.
Refocus’ online courses provide holistic hands-on lessons that will jumpstart their technical capabilities into digital marketing and other tech-related courses. Not only that, but they also train their students to build up their careers with attributes that can mold them into one of the best professionals for the job.
To learn more about Refocus and the various efforts they have, visit their website or their Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or YouTube pages.
