2ND QUARTER 2018
Members’ Corner
PHILIPPINE RETAILING
UNIQLO and Kalibrr
team up for job search
event
Japanese
apparel
giant
UNIQLO
Philippines and job matching tech
company Kalibrr have team up for the
first-ever exclusive job search event for
their Uniqlo Manager Candidate (UMC)
position last February 24, at the Golden
Phoenix Hotel Mall of Asia Complex,
Pasay City.
The UMC role is the entry position to working for
the international brand before employees become
full-fledged managers. Uniqlo targets to hire 40-45
UMCs to prepare for their nationwide expansion of
100 stores by 2020.
Since launching the UMC position on the Kalibrr
platform at the start of 2018, Kalibrr received
more than 1,400 applications. From there, the
job matching platform was able to shortlist 632
qualified candidates who were invited to Uniqlo’s
exclusive job search event.
“We partnered with Kalibrr because I believe that
they can help us succeed in our future business,”
said Diana Lim, Uniqlo HR Director.
Kalibrr is a recruitment tech startup that aims to
transform the way candidates find jobs and the way
companies hire talent. It uses technology to match
job seekers and companies on the basis of skills,
experience, interests, and fit.
Wilcon receives Best IPO award
Wilcon Depot took home the Best IPO award for the Philippines at The Asset
Triple A Country Awards 2017 in Hong Kong last January 17. Wilcon Depot, which
just debuted at the Philippine stock market March last year, has already posted an
impressive growth in its share price few months since its listing. This led to The
Asset in choosing the company to be this year’s recipient of the Best IPO award for
the Philippines. (Photo shows from L-R) BDO Capital & Investment Corporation
President Eduardo V. Francisco, First Metro Investment Corporation (FMIC)
President Rabboni Francis B. Arjonillo, FMIC Division Head – Equity Capital
Markets and Corporate Finance & Advisory Abigail Magpayo, Wilcon Founder and
Chairman Emeritus William T. Belo. Wilcon EVP-Chief Financial Officer Mark
Andrew Belo and RCBC Capital Corporation SVP Elizabeth E. Coronel
Primer Group goes cashless with GCash
Shoppers at the stores of the Primer Group of Companies — an ever-expanding retail
and distribution company of the world’s top and premium consumer brands and
industrial products—can now use GCash Scan to Pay.
Primer Group of Companies and Globe Fintech Innovations, Inc. (Mynt), which operates GCash, announced
last April 16, that the GCash QR-based mobile payment technology is now available in over 400 stores of
the Primer Group.
This will enable all its stores, including
R.O.X., The Travel Club, Bratpack,
Sneakpeek, Res Toe Run, GRIND, Flight
001, and Ladybag, to accept payment
from GCash users in the Philippines.
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