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6 Things You Should Do Before Getting a Job in a New Industry

The Startup Magazine

In the Philippines, a 2018 survey whose findings were reported in SunStar Cebu revealed that 89 percent of professionals with over 15 years of experience expressed a desire to switch career paths. A further 29 percent of respondents had already gone through a career change since their first job out of college.

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[Infographic] Salaries For Popular Online Jobs

YoungUpstarts

Indeed, according to Elance.com the demand for and the supply of online talent have been surging across the world – and especially in Asia – signaling an increasing preference for more casual, freelance work.

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Transportation, On-Demand And The Asian Economy – Asian Horizons

YoungUpstarts

When we say on-demand, the glorious image of Silicon Valley and its technological environs pops up in the layman’s mind, and even that may be too imaginative. For several different versions of the on-demand economy in other parts of the world, the term itself may be alien, its implications unknown. Grab In Focus. Hyperlocal Focus.

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A step-by-step guide to HR outsourcing

The Startup Magazine

Human resource management is a demanding process that entails numerous responsibilities. Outsourcing to developing countries with lower living costs, such as India and the Philippines, can drop the cost of an HR function even further. Which HR tasks can be delegated? Some aspects of HR administration are best handled in-house.

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Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

ReadWriteStart

As per a report by Google, Temasek Holdings, and Bain & Company, as many as 40 million people in six countries across the region — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand — came online for the first time in 2020. The pandemic has significantly increased the demand for access to digital services.

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Things going right? Control your euphoria!

Berkonomics

Completion of a software project by the remote workers in (Philippines, Brazil, Armenia, fill in the blank… Just name a country whose daytime is our nighttime.) As a member of the board, I’ve received calls on weekends, at night and texts at hours I didn’t even think existed – from CEOs who couldn’t control the euphoria. A successful test.

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[Singapore] Remote, Freelance, Online Work Taking Off Here

YoungUpstarts

If the numbers in the study are anything to go by, the demand for and the supply of online talent – buoyed by corresponding trends like cloudworking (or the “human cloud” if you will) – have been surging across Asia, signalling an increasing preference for more casual, freelance work.

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