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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Vol. 2 No. 3

Demand and Supply of Workers from DOLE Administrative Records: Third Quarter 2012

Figures indicating the demand for workers in 3rd quarter of 2012 showed an increasing trend. Record on job vacancies posted

on the Phil-JobNet is higher by 56.0% than the figure in the same quarter last year. Overseas demand for workers based on the

approved job orders of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) was twice higher than figure in 3rd quarter

of 2011.

Labor supply in terms of data on the registered applicants on the Phil-JobNet and number of graduates of Overseas Workers

Welfare Administration (OWWA) programs and services on education and training indicated improvement in the 3rd quarter of

2012 as compared to the records in the 3rd quarter of previous year. However, it can be noted that the number of workers as-

sessed and certified by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has decreased compared to the

same quarter in 2011. While the number of seafarers trained and training certificates issued by the National Maritime Polytech-

nic (NMP) remained the same as that of the previous year. Meantime, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) is still on

the process of data cleansing to reflect and capture live data on registered professionals. Thus, current values may not be

comparable with past data.

In terms of the overall business activity, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported a confidence index (CI) of 42.5%. This is

lower by 44.5% compared to the CI in the previous quarter. This indicates that in 3rd quarter of 2012 more businesses were less

optimistic about the country’s economic prospects compared to the previous quarter.

I. MANPOWER DEMANDI. MANPOWER DEMAND

A. Vacancies on Phil-JobNet

The average number of vacancies in major occupa-

tional groups posted at Phil-JobNet summed up to

116,799 in the 3rd quarter of 2012. This figure is 56.0%

higher than that of in the 3rd quarter of 2011. More

than one-fourth (26.1%) of the vacancies are for

Clerks. While, more than one-fifth (22.0%) of the post-

ings were for Service Workers and Shop and Market

Sales Workers. On the other hand, vacancies for Trade

and Related Workers; Plant and Machine Operators

and Assemblers; Officials of Government and Special-

Interest Organizations, Corporate Executives,

Managers, Managing Proprietors and Supervisors;

Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen remained low

in number with only 13.9% of the total job postings.

www.phil-job.net

The Labor Market Monitor is a quarterly publication of the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) that tracks the changes in the supply and demand for professionals,

skilled and unskilled workers as viewed from administrative data generated by DOLE agencies involved in skills training and certification, professional regulation,

employment facilitation, and overseas employment. This is a collaborative undertaking of the DOLE family of agencies (TESDA, POEA, OWWA, PRC, MTC, ILAB,

BLES, and BLE), to integrate in one publication key performance indicators on labor market supply and demand. It also captures critical and emerging occupa-

tions for the purpose of labor market signaling and as basis for timely and meaningful policy and program interventions.

December 2012

TABLE 1 - Job Vacancies by Major Occupational

Group: 3rd Quarter 2012

Major Occupational GroupMajor Occupational Group Ave. No. of Ave. No. of

VacanciesVacancies % Share% Share

Clerks 30,514 26.1

Service Workers and Shop and

Market Sales Workers 25,654 22.0

Technicians and Associate

Professionals 18,350 15.7

Laborers and Unskilled Workers 13,614 11.7


Trade and Related Workers 5,572 4.8

Plant and Machine Operators

and Assemblers 5,406 4.6

Officials of Government and

Special-Interest Organizations,

Corporate Executives,

Managers, Managing Proprie-

tors and Supervisors

5,120 4.4

Farmers, Forestry Workers and

Fishermen 99 0.1

Special Occupations - -

TOTAL 116,799 100.00

Source: DOLE-BLE Phil-JobNet Database.

Local

91.1%

Overseas

8.9%

LABOR MARKET MONITOR - FIRST QUARTER 2012

It can be noted that among the most in-demand oc-

cupations posted on Phil-JobNet, large proportion was

for local employment. Call Center Agents consistently

top the list of most in-demand occupations on Phil-

JobNet. Its vacancies accounted for 13.0% of the total

local vacancies in 3rd quarter of 2012.

Aside from Drivers and Production/Factory Workers,

overseas job openings were also predominant for Do-

mestic Helpers with 1,491 vacancies.

B. Overseas Demand Based on

Approved Job Orders

Demand for Land-Based Workers

The total number of active job orders for land-based

workers abroad that were approved by the POEA was

264,140 in 3rd quarter of 2012. This almost doubled the

record in 3rd quarter of 2011 which was at 136,353.

Almost half (45.7 %) of these job orders were for Ser-

vice Workers.

TABLE 3 - Approved Job Orders by Major Skills Group:

3rd Quarter 2012

Of the total approved job orders, 138,499 or 52.4% of

these were processed which resulted to a large pro-

portion of unfilled job orders which is 125,641 or 47.6%.

FIGURE 1 - Total Vacancies Posted by Location of

Deployment: 3rd Quarter 2012

During the 3rd quarter of 2012, almost all job postings

on the Phil-JobNet were for local employment with

91.1% share in the total vacancies. Only less than 10%

were for overseas deployment.

Of the various job openings posted by different

employers on the Phil-JobNet, Table 2 shows occupa-

tions which are on the top ten list accounting for 43.4%

of the job vacancies posted:

TABLE 2 - Top 10 Occupations with Most Vacancies

Posted on Phil-JobNet: 3rd Quarter 2012

LocationLocation Number of Number of

VacanciesVacancies % Share% Share

Local 106,437 91.1

Overseas 10,362 8.9

TOTAL 116,799 100.0


Major SkillMajor Skill Number of Number of

Job OrdersJob Orders % Share% Share

Service Workers 120,834 45.7

Production and Related

Workers Transport Equipment 89,663 33.9

Professional Technical and

Related Workers 35,188 13.3

Clerical and Related

Workers 8,447 3.2

Sales Workers 5,106 1.9

Administrative and

Managerial Workers 1,198 0.5

Agricultural Animal Husbandry

and Forestry Workers 620 0.2

Others (NEC) 3,084 1.2

TOTAL 264,140 100.0

NEC - not elsewhere classified.

Source: POEA.

OccupationOccupation Number of Number of

VacanciesVacancies Local Local OverseasOverseas

1. Call Center Agent 13,826 13,826 0

2. Salesman / Saleslady 10,780 10,780 0

3. Product Specialist 4,149 4,149 0

4. Customer Service Assistant 3,459 3,459 0

5. Sales Clerk 3,273 3,273 0

6. Driver 3,247 2,238 1,009

7. Service Crew 3,180 3,180 0

8. Technical Support Staff 3,107 3,107 0

9. Cashier 2,832 2,832 0

10. Production Worker /

Factory Worker 2,806 1,931 875


Among the unfilled job orders, the following were on

top of the list:

TABLE 4 - Top 10 Occupations with Most

Unfilled Job Orders: 3rd Quarter 2012

The ten (10) above-listed skills already constituted al-

most one-fourth of the total unfilled job orders in the

3rd quarter of 2012. The highest of which was for Do-

mestic Helpers and Other Related Household Workers

accounting to 24.1% of the total unfilled job orders.

Most of the job orders came from countries in the Mid-

dle East region as well as other Asian countries like

Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan.

Demand for Sea-Based Workers

For the whole year 2011, there were a total of 369,104

sea-based workers deployed. This figure registered a

6.3% growth from 2010 record of 347,150. Majority of

these were deployed as Able Seamen, Oilers, Ordinary

Seamen, Chief Cooks, Second Mates, Bosuns, Third

Engineer Officers, Messmen, Third Mates and Second

Engineer Officers.

C. Prospective Overseas Demand

Based on POLO Intelligence

Reports

The Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs)

reported a continuous demand for Overseas Filipino

Workers (OFWs) in the Middle East Region, particularly

in the construction and service sectors. The skills

requirements in the said foreign markets remained

relatively the same with the previous year.

TABLE 5 - Prospective Overseas Requirements for 2012

Major Occu-Major Occu-

pational pational

CategoryCategory

Industry/Sector/Skills Industry/Sector/Skills

RequirementRequirement Countries of Countries of

DestinationDestination

Administrative

and Manage-

rial workers

Assistant manager,

general manager,

project manager

(construction),

operations manager,

production manager

United Arab

Emirates, Papua

New Guinea,

Saudi Arabia, Ku-

wait, Qatar,

Oman, Singapore,

Bahrain, Malaysia

Agricultural

Animal

Husbandry

and Forestry

Workers

Nursery worker and

gardener, general farm

worker, specialized

farmer, husbandry

agricultural and animal

worker

Japan, Saudi

Arabia, United

Arab Emirates, Ma-

laysia, Cyprus,

Qatar, Canada,

Oman, New Zea-

land, Australia

Clerical and

related work-

ers

Clerk, Receptionist,

travel agency clerk,

bookkeeper, cashier,

stock clerk, stenogra-

phers typist and tele-

typist, filing clerk, ma-

chine operator auto-

matic/electronic data

processor

United Arab Emir-

ates, Kuwait, Saudi

Arabia, Qatar,

Bahrain, Oman,

Macau, Malaysia,

Singapore

Production

and related

workers

Wireman electrical,

plumber and pipefitter,

welder and flame

cutter, laborer/helper

general, carpenter

joiners and parquetry

worker, machine fitter,

machine assembler,

precision instrument

maker, production

supervisor, general fore-

man, operator earth-

moving and related

machinery, structural

and metal preparer and

erector, bricklayer,

mason and tile setter,

driver motor-vehicle,

construction worker,

rigger and cable splicer

Saudi Arabia,

United Arab Emir-

ates, Qatar,

Taiwan, Kuwait,

Papua New

Guinea, Australia,

Canada, Malaysia,

Singapore, Japan,

Oman, Bahrain,

Brunei, Angola,

East Timor, Guam,

Iran, Libya,

Equatorial Guinea,

Sri Lanka, Eritrea,

New Caledonia

www.poea.gov.ph


Occupation/SkillOccupation/Skill Number of Number of

Unfilled Job Unfilled Job

OrdersOrders

Domestic Helpers and Related Household

Workers 30,283

Production and Related Workers (NEC) 9,509

Waiters Bartenders and Related Workers 4,015

Cooks and Related Workers 3,430

Welders and Flame-Cutters 3,399

Professional Nurses 3,293

Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 3,004

Wiremen (Electrical) 2,767

Laborers / Helpers (General) 1,846

Charworkers Cleaners and Related Workers 1,743

NEC - not elsewhere classified.

Source: POEA.

Prospective Overseas Requirements (cont’d)

Major Oc-Major Oc-

cupational cupational

CategoryCategory

Industry/Sector/Skills Industry/Sector/Skills

RequirementRequirement Countries of Countries of

DestinationDestination

Professional,

Technical

and related

workers

Professional Nurse,

electrical and elec-

tronic engineering tech-

nician, mechanical

engineering technician,

physiotherapist, occu-

pational therapist, elec-

trical and electronic

engineer, medical den-

tal and veterinary re-

lated worker, civil engi-

neer, mechanical tech-

nician, teacher, medi-

cal x-ray technician,

surveyor, geodetic engi-

neer, metallurgical

technician

Saudi Arabia,

United Arab

Emirates, Qatar,

Libya, Kuwait, Sin-

gapore, United

States, Malaysia,

Oman, Bahrain,

South Korea,

Papua New

Guinea, Japan,

Australia, Hong

Kong, Taiwan,

Brunei

Sales and

related work-

ers

Salesman shop assistant

and demonstrator, sales

worker (nec), buyer,

salesman business ser-

vice, salesman techni-

cal and service adviser,

sales manager, sales

supervisor, street vendor

and canvasser, news

vendor, insurance real

estate securities busi-

ness services salesman,

salesman technical

commercial traveler

United Arab

Emirates, Kuwait,

Qatar, Saudi

Arabia, Oman,

Bahrain,

Singapore, Jordan,

Malaysia, Austra-

lia, Papua New

Guinea

Service and

related

workers

Domestic helper and

related household work-

ers, waiters bartender

and related worker,

charworker cleaner and

related worker, cook

and related worker,

service worker, care-

giver and caretaker,

housekeeping and

related service worker,

protective service

worker (NEC), hair

dresser, barber and re-

lated worker, cook,

waiter, bartender and

related worker, care-

taker building, supervi-

sor housekeeping and

related services

United Arab

Emirates, Kuwait,

Qatar, Hong Kong,

Saudi Arabia,

Singapore,

Malaysia, Bahrain,

Oman, Cyprus,

Taiwan, Brunei,

Jordan, Israel,

Canada

Note: NEC - not elsewhere classified.

Sources: POLOs and POEA.

II.II. MANPOWER SUPPLYMANPOWER SUPPLY

A. Registered Professionals

As of September 2012, a cumulative total of 2,137,937

professionals registered at the PRC distributed among

40 major types of professions1.

The top 10 professions were listed in the table below.

TABLE 6 - Top 10 Professions with Most Registrants

at PRC: As of September 2012

Among the specified professions, nursing profession

recorded the highest number of registrants account-

ing to more than one-third of the total number of reg-

istered professionals as of the 3rd quarter of 2012.

Aside from Nurse, other health-related professions,

namely, Midwife, Physician, Pharmacist, and Medical

Technologist remained on the top list. Also included

are the Engineering Professions (i.e., Civil, Mechanical,

and Electronics), Accountant and Criminologist.

1 Cumulative total has not accounted data on professional

teachers since it is undergoing the process of database clean-

sing.

ProfessionProfession Number of Number of

Registered Registered

ProfessionalsProfessionals % Share% Share

Nurse 765,246 35.79

Midwife 169,484 7.93

Accountant 145,237 6.79

Civil Engineer 123,883 5.79

Physician 115,662 5.41

Mechanical Engineer 78,683 3.68

Criminologist 69,161 3.23

Pharmacist 61,171 2.86

Medical Technologist 59,386 2.78

Electronics Engineer 51,545 2.41

Source: PRC.


www.prc.gov.ph

www.phil-job.net

B. Applicants Registered on

Phil-JobNet

In 3rd quarter 2012, an average of 11,636 applicants

was registered at the Phil-JobNet. This figure is higher

by 32.2% than that of the same quarter in 2011.

Consistent to previous quarters, Phil-JobNet registrants

were mostly Clerks (22.8%), Service Workers and Shop

and Market Sales Workers (21.8%), Laborers and Un-

skilled Workers (14.7%) and Professionals (13.8%) mak-

ing up to almost three-fourths of the total registrants.

TABLE 7 - Phil-JobNet Registered Applicants

by Major Skill: 3rd Quarter 2012

The top ten specific occupations in terms of the aver-

age number of registered applicants which ac-

counted for 34.6% of the total registrants in 3rd quarter

of 2012 are shown in Table 8.

TABLE 8 - Top 10 Occupations of Registrants on

Phil-JobNet : 3rd Quarter 2012

C. TESDA Assessed and Certified

Workers In the 3rd quarter of 2012, TESDA has assessed a total

of 186,619 workers. Out of these workers, 87.2% or

162,805 workers were certified.

Listed below are the sectors that garnered the ten

highest number of assessed workers as well as their

corresponding certification rates:

TABLE 9 - Top 10 Sectors with Most Assessed Workers

vis-à-vis Certification Rate: 3rd Quarter 2012

www.tesda.gov.ph


Major Skill/Occupational GroupMajor Skill/Occupational Group Ave. No. of Ave. No. of

Registered Registered

Applicants Applicants % Share % Share

Clerks 2,653 22.8

Service Workers and Shop and

Market Sales Workers 2,534 21.8

Laborers and Unskilled Workers 1,706 14.7


Trade and Related Workers

1,061 9.1

Technicians and Associate Profes-

sionals 959 8.2

Plant and Machine Operators and

Assemblers 687 5.9

Officials of Government and Spe-

cial-Interest Organizations, Corpo-

rate Executives, Managers, Man-

aging Proprietors and Supervisors

403 3.5

Farmers, Forestry workers and

Fishermen 29 0.2

Special Occupations 4 0.03

TOTAL 11,636 100.0


SectorSector AssessedAssessed CertifiedCertified Certification Certification

RateRate

Health, Social &

Other Community

Dev’t. Services

(HSCDS)

63,384 58,942 93.0%

Tourism 46,929 42,127 89.8%

Automotive 20,671 17,658 85.4%

Construction 14,139 12,545 88.7%

ICT 13,473 7,645 56.7%

Metals and

Engineering 13,055 11,487 88.0%

Electronics 6,891 5,026 72.9%

Agri-fisheries 2,314 2,152 93.0%

Processed Foods 2,183 2,038 93.4%

Garments 1,335 1,188 89.0%

Source: TESDA.

OccupationOccupation Number of Number of

RegistrantsRegistrants

1. Service Crew 597

2. Sales Clerk 575

3. Cashier 527

4. Production Worker / Factory Worker 463

5. Professional Nurse 407

6. Office Clerk 341

7. Salesman / Saleslady 333

8. Production Machine Operator 277

9. Data Encoder 262

10. Call Center Agent 248


The highest number of assessed and certified workers

belonged to the HSCDS sector. The top programs in-

cluded in this sector are Household Services, Caregiving

and Massage Therapy. While the top programs for the

Tourism sector include Food and Beverage Services,

Housekeeping and Commercial Cooking.

D. Graduates of OWWA Programs and

Services on Education and Training

In the 3rd quarter of 2012, a total of 56,401 bene-

ficiaries graduated under education and training

programs offered by the OWWA. Number of gradu-

ates under short-term training courses of OWWA

was twice as high as the recorded figure of 28,311

in 3rd quarter of 2011.

TABLE 10 - Number of Graduates on Education & Training

Programs: 3rd Quarter 2012

On the other hand, a decrease of 56% has been

noted on the number of beneficiaries of degree

grants in the 3rd quarter of 2012 compared to the fig-

ure in the same quarter of 2011 which is 262 gradu-

ates.

E. Maritime Training Courses

The NMP reported that in the 3rd quarter of 2012, there

were a total of 2,380 seafarers trained and 5,333 train-

ing certificates issued to Filipino merchant marine offi-

cers, ratings, cadets, maritime faculties, trainers, and

other personnel in the maritime industry. Included in

these trainings were Standards of Training, Certifica-

tion and Watchkeeping (STCW) Courses (Deck, En-

gine, Radio Communication, Passenger and Tanker

Courses, and Safety, Security & Medical Courses), En-

vironmental Protection & Maritime Allied Courses, Pro-

fessional Development Courses, and Faculty Develop-

ment Courses.

TABLE 11 - Number of Training Certificates Issued by

National Maritime Polytechnic: 3rd Quarter 2012

www.owwa.gov.ph

www.mtc.gov.ph

Program/Activity Program/Activity Accomplishment Accomplishment

1. Conduct of Marine Training

Courses

5,333 training certificates

issued

2. Number of seafarers/trainees 2,380 seafarers trained

Source: NMP.

www.nmp.gov.ph


Program/ServiceProgram/Service No. of No. of

GraduatesGraduates

Short-Term Training 56,286

Skills for Employment Scholarship Pro-

gram (SESP) 1,024

Seafarer's Upgrading Program (SUP) 2,356

OWWA IT Program 8,730

Language & Culture Familiarization 44,176

Degree Granting 115

Educational for Dev't Scholarship Pro-

gram (EDSP) 64

OFW Dependent Scholarship (OFWDSP) 6

Education and Livelihood Assistance

for children and surviving spouse/next-

of-kin (NOK) of deceased OFWs

34

Congressional Migrant Workers Schol-

arship Program 11

Total Graduates 56,401

Source: OWWA.

F. Business Expectation Survey (BES)

for 3rd and 4th Quarters 2012

In the 3rd quarter of 2012, BES respondents expressed

less optimism in terms of overall business activity in the

economy. The confidence index (CI) has declined by

2% from the 44.5% CI in 2nd quarter of 2012.

Based from the respondents’ outlook for the 4th quar-

ter of 2012, the expected CI was very high at 59.6%.

This appeared to be the highest from the time the sur-

vey started in the last quarter of 2006.

FIGURE 2 - Overall Business Confidence Index

by Quarter: 2011-2012

Source: BSP - BES.

Respondents’ more positive outlook in the fourth quar-

ter of 2012 was due to expectations of (a) continued

increase in orders and projects leading to higher vol-

ume of production; (b) expansion of businesses and

new product lines; (c) increased government infra-

structure spending; and (d) brisker business during the

Christmas season and the run-up towards the 2013

elections (BES, 3rd Quarter 2012).

Technical Notes:

Averages are computed using the three

monthly figures of the reference quarter.

Details may not add up to totals due to round-

ing off.


EDITORIAL BOARDEDITORIAL BOARD

Dir. Criselda R. Sy - BLE

Dir. Noel Villaflor - TESDA

Dir. Nimfa De Guzman - POEA

Dir. Vivian Tornea - OWWA

Mr. Manuel Laopao - BLES

Ms. Ruth R. Rodriguez - BLE

TECHNICAL COMMITTEETECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Mr. Paul P. Cabatic - BLE

Ms. Rio Fe G. del Valle - BLE

CONTRIBUTORSCONTRIBUTORS

Mr. Edwinpole Divinagracia - ILAB

Ms. Ma. Elvira Ador - OWWA

Ms. Grace Marie Ayaso - NMP

Ms. Perla D. Sayana - PRC

Mr. Everos Evangelista - POEA

Mr. Gilbert Guerrero - MTC

Ms. Lourdes Castante - TESDA

For comments and/or queries, you may send an electronic mail to [email protected] or call at telephone numbers 527-2543 and

527-2539.

www.bsp.gov.ph

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