IT Companies offer the Best Opportunities for Fresh Graduates in the Philippines

Every employed individual has had a memorable experience at one point or another with regards to how they got their first job. For Filipino employees, most would say that their first foray into the corporate world was joining a BPO or a contact center. Others would want to dive directly into a place they are more familiar with or where their passions really lie. It also ties up neatly with getting the job related to their college course. 

Whether people want to admit it or not, there are a lot of IT jobs opportunities for fresh graduates in the Philippines. They just need to look deeper or find the right places where to actually look for work. And take note, with the current today, IT jobs aren’t just strictly for IT course graduates. Even college graduates who took different course can find entry-level work in the IT industry. Who knows, that entry level career may become that graduate’s actual career for his or her entire life. They could even get promotion from time to time if they play their cards right.

Here are example of IT jobs in Manila, Philippines that are more geared towards IT graduates with a short description of what they do in those particular job openings.

Systems Admin - Basically in charge of the network for an office or a company. 

Programmers - programmers are responsible for developing the design and function of a software or a website. 

Mobile App Developers - these are the men and women in-charge of creating an app for smartphone or tablet use. They create the app from the ground up and working together to make everything work. So when you click a certain button on the app, you will open the right page or see the appropriate response by the program. That’s their basic function.

And here are some examples of IT jobs that are very welcoming of non-IT graduates. 

Graphic Designers - check any and all job opening sites and you will see that there is a continuous need for graphic designers. These designers are responsible for creating the necessary imagery or art for a specific software, website or even app. Graphic designers can also hired based on their skill when it comes to looking at other art works.

Community Managers - the digital age has developed new jobs for a lot of people and that includes community managers for social media spaces and pages. A community manager is tasked with looking after a specific social media page either to currate content and comments. They are, however, usually hired to look out for queries on the page and give the necessary responses.

Social Media Specialist - here’s another work that’s currently highly in-demand in the country. There are a lot of companies that want to hire a social media specialists to help boost their social media’s rankings and brand awareness. These specialists are also tasked with the responsibility of dealing or developing content that can be used and shared for both target and non-target audience.