American business and employment-oriented platform LinkedIn stated they expect that the top five emerging jobs in The Philippines will all be tech-related.
Found in the “Emerging Jobs: Philippines” report, it stated, “As technology creates new industries and opportunities, jobs evolve, and new ones emerge, often in unexpected ways.”
To compare, here are the top 20 emerging jobs from 2012-2017:
As information technology skills are still snowballing, LinkedIn stated the importance of having soft skills to go with the technicalities of the job.
Here are the top five job titles that will dominate the job sphere and on LinkedIn:
– Data Scientist
– Application Development Analyst
– Back End Developer
– Full Stack Engineer
– Sales Development Representative
Currently, The Philippines is still behind data analysis compared to other countries. Maybe that’s the reason why Data Scientist is one of the most in-demand titles listed in LinkedIn.
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