T H R O U G H DECENT & PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT · through promotion of gainful employment opportunities, development of human resources, protection of workers’ welfare, and maintaining

EMPLOYMENT

DIRECTOR DOMINIQUE R. TUTAYDOLE-Bureau Employment of Local Employment

DECENT & PRODUCTIVE

Inclusive GrowthT H R O U G H

The Department of Labor and Employment envisions to providing every Filipino worker full, decent,

and productive employment through promotion of gainful employment opportunities,

development of human resources, protection of workers’ welfare, and

maintaining industrial peace.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT

A sectoral plan under the Philippine Development Plan, the Philippine Labor and Employment Plan 2011 to 2016 provides the strategic directions forlabor and employment in the medium-term.


Improved employment levels and access to employment opportunities, which include, addressing the issue of job and skill mismatch.


EMPLOYMENT

SITUATIONER

employment scenario

INDICATOR 2010 2011 2012 2013 P

Household Population

(15 years old and over)

60,717 61,882 62,973 63,847

Labor Force (‘000) 38,893 40,006 40,426 40,813Employed Persons (‘000) 36,035 37,192 37,600 37,917Unemployed Persons (‘000) 2,859 2,814 2,826 2,896Underemployed Persons (‘000) 6,762 7,163 7,514 7,325Employment Rate (%) 92.0 92.8 93.1 92.9Unemployment Rate (%) 8.0 7.2 7.0 7.1Underemployment Rate (%) 18.8 19.3 20.0 19.3Employment Generation (‘000) 974 1157 408 317Employment Growth 2.8 3.2 1.1 1.4Youth Unemployment Rate (%) 17.6 16.3 16.2 16.1Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, averages of four (4) rounds of 2010-2013 Labor Force Survey


Youth unemployment rateNational unemployment rate

7.0% 15.7%

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, April 2014 LFS

Note: Figures exclude Leyte Province data

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employment scenario

Youth unemployment rate is more than twice

the national rate


15-24

YEARS OLD

49.8%or 1.456 M

46.9%or 1.371 M

25-54

YEARS OLD

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employment scenario

Youth composed half of the

unemployed population




Educated unemployed

or 1.256 M of the total unemployed have reached or graduated from HIGH SCHOOL43.0%

36.9%About 1,078 M of the total unemployed population have reached or graduated from COLLEGE or about

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employment scenario




It takes a high school leaver up to 3 years to find a first job and 4 years to

find a permanent wage job.

It takes a college graduate 1 year to find a first job and up to 2 years to

find a permanent job.

school-to-work transition

The school-to-work transition for many young Filipinos is associated with change, waiting, and uncertainty.

The youth’s educational attainment, age, behavior towards job searching and his family, social network, minimum wage, regulations and restrictions on employment arrangements are as

strong factors influencing their school-to-work transition


(1) lack of competency of the applicants (2) expectation of high salary(3) lack of years of experience(4) lack of applicant for the vacancy post(5) location/work schedule problem(6) lack of license/certification(7) preference to work abroad

recruitment and hiring

Reasons why entry-level jobseekers get rejected and employers have difficulties in their recruitment process:

Source: PSA, 2009/2010 BLES Integrated Survey (BITS)



Human Development Poverty Reduction Cabinet Cluster

Convergent Programs on Jobs-Skills Matching

Review of Education and Training Curriculum (K to 12, Review of PSGs and TRs)

1

Career Guidance Advocacy Program3

Institutionalization of the Philippine Qualifications Framework

2

Strengthening of Dissemination of LMI and Enhanced Utilization of Phil-Job.Net

4


… aims to immerse parents and students on the realities of the labor market, and convince the Career Guidance Counselors and Career Advocates to use career guidance as an effective tool in addressing job-skill mismatch.


CAREER GUIDANCEADVOCACY PROGRAM

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Deve

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rogram

3

Career

Advocacy Congress

Career

Guidance

Week

Career

Ambassadors

CGAP

Social

Networking

Capacity-

building for

RGCs and

CAs

Career Guidance Week Info

Blitz

TESDA DOST PRCDepEdDOLE CHED


LABOR MARKET INFORMATION


KEY EMPLOYMENT GENERATORS

Agribusiness

Mining

Manufacturing

Power

Construction

IT-BPM

Health and Wellness

Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism

Wholesale & Retail Trade

Banking and Finance

Transport and Logistics

Ownership, Dwellings, and Real

Estate

Education



EMERGING INDUSTRIES

Renewable Energy

Shipbuilding


in-demand

occupations

hard-to-fill

occupations


Example: Construction Mechanical Engineer, Machine Operator, Production Crew, Machinist, Tinsmith, Tile Setter, Plumber, Welder, AutoCAD Operator, Carpenter, Electrician, Rigger, Welder, etc.

Example: Transport and LogisticsAirconditioning Technician, Fiber Glass Applicator, CNC

Machinist, Gantry Operator, Painter, Heavy Equipment Operator, Aircraft Mechanic, etc.

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Optimized Utilization of the

PJN System is the government’s official web-basedjob portal which aims to improve the job searchprocess through a computerized job matching andreferral facility. It is voluntary and free of charge.

Skills Registry System

Skills Data Warehouse


Job Search Kiosk

Employment

Special

for the

Program

Studentsof


helping poor but deserving students pursue their education by encouraging the employment of secondary level students during summer and/or Christmas vacations

and of tertiary, vocational, and technical level students anytime of the year, and providing income to

finance/augment/subsidize their studies

GOVERNMENT

INTERNSHIP

PROGRAMobtaining work experience in the government,

pursuing public service careers

D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R A N D E M P L O Y M E N T

technical-vocational education and training


JobStartPHILIPPINES

providing youth with relevant and up-to-date LMI and career guidance, access to technical and life skills training demanded by employers,

opportunities for work experience with learning on-the-job, and mentoring and tools for improving job searches and their outcomes.

D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R A N D E M P L O Y M E N T

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PLANS Automotive Automotive parts Biodiesel Cement Ceramic tiles Chemicals Copper and copper

products Electric vehicles Electronics, Furniture Iron and steel IT-BPM

Manufacturing Mass housing Metal casing Motorcycles Natural health

products Petrochemicals Plastics Pulp and paper Rubber products Tool and die Retirement Aerospace


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