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By Henna Mae Faeldo Layout by GJ Lungay Calling all fresh graduates and incoming College freshmen students to jot down the top 10 highest paying jobs in the Philippines. This is to help students choose their path to start investing for the rest of the years. Let‘s start our countdown with the lowest rank and the highest. 10. Statistician – P35,000 Engage in the development of mathematical theory or apply statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information. May specialize in fields, such as bio-statistics, agricultural statistics, business statistics, economic statistics, or other fields. 9. Call Center Representative/Customer Service Associate – P35,000 The call center agent has to answer all inbound and outbound calls. In addition, the call center agent also needs to initiate the different types of sales oriented calls. Call center agent further needs to respond against the customer queries through phone calls. He or she must be knowledgeable about the different products and services related to the organization. 8. Actuarian – P35,000 Actuaries evaluate complex risks and assess the probability and potential financia l consequences of those risks. Although the majority of actuaries work in traditional fields, actuaries are increasingly stepping outside of this specialism to work in other areas of risk evaluation, such as the effects of climate change. 7. Production Supervisor/General Foreman – P36,000 Production supervisors are line or operations managers, meaning they frequently have a hands-on leadership role in their companies› product-making activities. A production supervisor may plan, direct or coordinate work activities and obtain resources necessary for production success. Education-wise, most companies want production supervisors to have at least a bachelor›s degree and two to five years of experience. 6. Systems Analyst/Designer – P42,000 The Systems Analyst/Developer position requires strong business skills and would be responsible for reviewing, analyzing and occasionally modifying systems including encoding, testing, debugging and installing to support application systems. 16