JOB HOPPING is generally viewed positively in the Philippines, according to the results of a survey conducted by consumer data and analytics firm Milieu Insight.
In a statement on Tuesday, Milieu Insight said the survey, conducted in December with 6,000 respondents drawn from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Philippines.
According to the survey, 64% of Philippine respondents involved in hiring had a positive view of job switchers, while 28% held neutral opinions, and 7% considered the practice to be negative.
The study defined a job-hopper as someone who has less than one year’s tenure in his or her current job but is searching for new employment.
Milieu Insight said 57% of respondents in the Philippines believe that job hoppers are capable of learning faster in a new environment, while 55% see them to have more diversified skill sets.
The study found that 46% of respondents consider job hoppers to be resilient to changes in the working environment while 41% of respondents believe them to hold clear ideas of what they want and do not want.
The main concerns about the practice of frequent job switching were the fear that such workers will be seeking opportunities elsewhere (66% of respondents) and that such workers are uncertain of their ultimate career goals (48%).
Milieu Insight added that 43% of respondents are concerned about a lack of worker loyalty.
The survey also found that 72% of respondents in the Philippines are somewhat or very likely to take an offer and leave their current company if they are presented with a better opportunity, while 21% were neutral on the matter, and 6% were somewhat or very unlikely to leave their jobs.
The Philippine Statistics Authority estimated the employment rate at 93.5% in November, against the 92.6% posted in October. The November rate is the equivalent of 45.48 million employed persons.
Unemployment in November was 6.5%, equivalent to 3.16 million persons. The October rate was 7.4% or 3.50 million unemployed persons. — Revin Mikhael D. Ochave
