By
2025, the Philippine internet economy is expected to grow by 30% annually to
reach USD28 billion[1]. In order
to sustain such sizable growth, developing young, tech-driven talents will be
key. In fact, the DTI has recognized the increasing need to upskill and reskill
Philippine talent as one of the main priorities for the 2022 Philippine
E-commerce Roadmap. As a means to support the digital economy boom, this April
2022, Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, is
launching its first ever Career Jumpstart Series, a curation of virtual open
houses designed to train young tech leaders with career-building skills.
The
Shopee Career Jumpstart Series aims to equip leaders of tomorrow with the
necessary skills to find success in the tech industry’s workplace setting. The
open house learning series will be spaced out across three seminars scheduled
on April 5, 7 and 9. Penultimate and graduating students, as well as young
professionals with less than two years of work experience, are invited to join
this event.
Each
seminar will be held virtually and focuses on relevant career-building topics
such as effective resume writing, essential interview skills and case interview
mastery. This presents the perfect opportunity for students and budding
professionals to polish their skillsets before immersing themselves in a tech
company setting.
Martin Yu, Director at Shopee
Philippines, said “We are committed to developing
young talent - from the initial interview stage, all the way up to securing a
job and furthering one’s career. Through the Shopee Career Jumpstart Series, we
believe that we can not only help young talent fulfill their potential, but
also help contribute to the Philippines’ growing digital economy. We look
forward to creating even more opportunities to hone the skills of young
Filipinos and support local digital growth.”
Apart
from the Career Jumpstart Series, Shopee also offers other programs and
initiatives centered on polishing the skills of young talent. Shopee’s Global Leaders
Program, for example, is a 2-year graduate program consisting of four 6-month
local and overseas rotations that is open to final-year students or young
professionals with up to two years of working experience. On the other hand,
the Shopee Apprentice Program is an internship program designed to expose
interns to the e-commerce and digital finance industry and allow them to
participate in the different end-to-end
processes of large-scale projects and initiatives.
Registration
for the Career Jumpstart Series will be open to all interested individuals.
Registrants are not required to be applicants of Shopee’s other key talent
programs such as the Shopee Apprentice Program or the Global Leaders Program.
Those
interested in learning how to stand out among other applicants may apply for
the Shopee Career Jumpstart Series here: https://shp.ee/yz3c5n3.
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