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+ December 30, 2020 THE inability to process and analyze big data among fresh graduates has been pinpointed by company headhunters as one of the biggest problems in hiring new candidates.
While the corporate side has been generous enough to provide short courses for new recruits to speed up competence and compatibility in the company, life-long learning and the establishment of learning roadmaps must be in place to turn Filipinos into digital superstars excelling in the digital transformation sphere, speakers of the recent World Fintech Festival held in the Philippines said.
Sprout Solutions co-founder and product head Alexandria Gentry said apart from company-mandated training and self-initiated crash courses by newly minted workforce members, the government must also play an active role in revisiting and restructuring the academic curriculum.
Published December 10, 2020, 12:30 PM
As a self-made global leader in technology, Huawei has been championing Asian growth in internet-based technologies such as 5G, the cloud, and artificial intelligence (AI) which have become increasingly vital to business in anticipation of the economic turnaround expected in 2021.
Following the unprecedented events of 2020 which caused a massive slump in economies worldwide, sectors like fintech have risen to prominence as the new anchors that have ushered in stability amidst the uncertainty of the pandemic. In the Philippines, in particular, fintech has helped bring in an inclusivity and a sense of empowerment that transcends socio-economic status. Fintech is poised to bring about a digital transformation that can realize the country’s potential through various industries spanning from e-commerce to edutech.