MANILA, Philippines – Blue-collar hiring in the Philippines is on the brink of a long-overdue transformation. With the demand for skilled labor continuing to grow, organizations still rely on fragmented and manual processes in recruiting that slow down hiring and limit work productivity.
KonekBuhay, a recently launched AI-powered recruitment platform in the Philippines, enters the market, setting out to transform how companies approach blue-collar hiring. The platform is built for recruiters and employers who need a faster and more structured way to screen and identify blue collar talents. By bringing recruitment into a centralized AI-powered system, the platform helps companies reduce time spent on repetitive work and find better ways to hire the right talent.
“Blue-collar workers are critical to business operations, yet they’re still hired through outdated methods and systems. KonekBuhay is here to uplift these workers by giving them better access to opportunities and better jobs, while helping recruiters become more productive and intentional in how they hire people,” said Emman Dela Cruz, CEO and co-founder of KonekBuhay.
For recruiters, KoneKonekBuhay offers a unique Candidate Tracking System (CTS) that allows recruiters to manage applicants across multiple job openings in one dashboard, moving away from manual sheets and trackers. This gives recruiters a better view into their hiring pipeline and greater control over each stage of the hiring process. KonekBuhay also supports the other side of the hiring process through Smart Resume, a live digital candidate profile that keeps applicant information consistent and updated across submissions.
The platform is supported by AI Technology that assists recruiters with resume parsing, candidate filtering, basic validation, and reports that make hiring smoother.
Gerwin Fricke, product lead and co-founder of KonekBuhay, added, “The use of AI in KonekBuhay is here to make hiring smoother, not replace people. It takes care of repetitive tasks like screening and filtering, so recruiters can focus on talking to the right candidates, and applicants can move faster into getting jobs.”
KonekBuhay is now starting to onboard recruiters and companies nationwide. Organizations interested in improving their hiring process may visit www.konekbuhay.com to learn more.
