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2013 jobs outlook bleak

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BETTER JOBS. A sea of applicants submit their resumes in the hopes of getting hired. Photo by AFP
Despite the Philippines’ high economic growth of 6.6% in 2012, Filipinos are less optimistic there will be available jobs for them in 2013. A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey in December said outlook on the availability of jobs in the next 12 months, while still “fair,” scored +10, down 7 points from +17 in August. The survey, however, showed joblessness among adults fell to 24.6% in December 2012 (equivalent to 10.1 million), from 29.4% (11.7 million) in August. This meant that around 24.6% of the adult population had no jobs. 

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