The transition to Yba\u00f1ez could not have come at a more opportune time. In September 2023, PasaJob launched GJobs, a mini-program it developed in collaboration with GCash as part of the latter\u2019s \u201cfinance for all\u201d mandate. GJobs offers a diverse selection of legitimate job opportunities for all Filipinos with different qualifications, allowing users to conveniently apply right from their phones. GJobs is also the nation’s first job platform that connects employers and job seekers through referrals; users also have the opportunity to earn by referring jobs to peers on the platform.<\/p>\n
In less than 17 months since its launch, GJobs has onboarded 2.3 million users, who have applied for 400,000 jobs and made 1 million job referrals. Ybanez now takes the lead in accelerating PasaJob’s next wave of growth in 2025, which aims to onboard more employers and post thousands of new jobs to lead to more hired Filipinos.<\/p>\n
Yba\u00f1ez is no stranger to HR technology: He co-founded Payruler, a human resource management system and payroll system, where he served as Chief Technology Officer. Yba\u00f1ez understands how to leverage technology to help Filipino talent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Reimagining the Filipino talent marketplace\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
To this end, Yba\u00f1ez has already added several features to the product roadmap of GJobs that will simplify recruiting. At the top of the funnel, employers will have the ability to search for candidates that best meet their criteria from the database. When building a pipeline, the platform will also automatically find candidates who may be qualified that did not already apply. Finally, the platform will enable jobseekers to conduct asynchronous interviews.<\/p>\n
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All of these features will be powered by artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe talent marketplace is generally inefficient and fragmented. Jobseekers know how difficult it is to find a good job; employers share similar frustrations in finding the best talent. With AI, we can streamline the hiring process so that hiring companies and the right talent can connect with one another with the efficiency we\u2019ve been accustomed to online and through the help of referral networks,\u201d said Yba\u00f1ez.<\/p>\n
While there are many ways to source talent, PasaJob focuses heavily on referrals. The reason for this focus is that referrals shorten the hiring period from 42 days to 29 days on average, and referred employees have 70% longer tenures than other employees. Finally, recruiting in some industries is driven entirely by referrals: 55% of BPO hires are referrals, for example.<\/p>\n
Because of these benefits, PasaJob will be able to help all companies, especially those with high-volume hiring needs, like BPO or manpower agencies. Yba\u00f1ez elaborated more on their ideal enterprise partner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are eager to work with companies in fast-growing industries that have significant hiring requirements. With our job platform built around smarter referrals, these enterprises can quickly find the talent they need and at scale. These hires will be a better culture-fit for the organization, so they can create impact while enhancing team dynamics,\u201d said Yba\u00f1ez.<\/p>\n
Jobseekers looking for a role are encouraged to sign into GCash to use GJobs powered by PasaJob. Enterprises who want to hire via GJobs are encouraged to reach out to the PasaJob<\/a> team through its website<\/a> or email team@pasajob.com<\/a>. In addition to GJobs, PasaJob also operates Recruiters Circle, a recruitment service for highly specialized and technical roles, and Employee Referral Platform, a company-specific, white-labeled version of PasaJob. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PasaJob, a leading Philippine job platform with 2.3 million users on its GCash-integrated GJobs mini-program, has appointed seasoned HR tech entrepreneur Eddie Yba\u00f1ez as CEO. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12967,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12966,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12965\/revisions\/12966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}