PROJECT JOBSFIT
- Engages the stakeholders in a labor
market signaling activity
- Updates the labor market information of
NMS (2006) and NHRC (2007) in aid of
effective employment facilitation
- Surfaces the labor market issues, and
the corresponding recommendations to
address the challenge of
unemployment and talent mismatch
OBJECTIVES
1. Identify the key employment
drivers for the next ten years
(2011-2020)
2. Assess the availability of the
present and projected in-demand
skills
3. Identify gaps and recommend
strategies to address the gaps
Working Groups
• WG on Regional Stakeholders
Consultation—BLE
• WG on Labor Mobility and Employability
Enhancement System—TESDA
• WG on Consultation with Captains of
Industry
• WG on Overseas Employment Labor
Market Intelligence (LMI) System—ILAB
• WG on Overseas Employment Prospects—
POEA
Contents of report…
• Summary of Results
• Report on the Regional Consultations
• Consulting the Captains of Industry
• Availability of Skills
• Overseas Employment Prospects
• Summary of Issues and
Recommendations
• Annexes (Regional Labor Market
Assessment)
Industry Prospects
Growth of Philippine economy will be
driven by:
1. High-value, FDI-led agribusiness
2. Infrastructure (roads and highways,
logistics, physical infrastructure
projects)
3. Tourism (diving edge)
4. Medical Tourism
5. Retirement Estates (Subic, NCR, and
cities of Tagaytay, Cebu , and
Dumaguete)
Industry Prospects
6. BPOs (35% annual growth, $13 billion in
revenues by end of 2010)
7. Investment in ICT
8. Real estate (BPOs investing in office space,
growth in domestic and international
tourism);
9. Shipbuilding (exports of ships to the US,
Mexico, and Norway); and
10.Long term demand for OFWs
12 KEGs that have potential for absorbing
the most number of the Philippine workforce
Key Employment Generators
1.
2.
3.
4.
Agribusiness
Cyberservices
Health and Wellness
Hotel, Restaurant and
Tourism
5. Mining
6. Construction
Key Employment Generators
7. Banking and Finance
8. Manufacturing
9. Ownership Dwellings and Real
Estate
10.Transport and Logistics
11.Wholesale and Retail Trade
12.Overseas Employment
Emerging Industries
• Renewable Energy
• Power and Utilities
• Diversified Farming and
Fishing
• Creative Industries
Hard-to-fill and In-demand
Occupations
• There were about 108 identified
hard-to-fill and in-demand
occupations in the KEGs
• The data were cross-checked with
the following reports:
– results of the DOLE-led survey on
Occupational Shortages and
Surpluses (BLES)
– Output of the Presidential Task Force
on Education
Excerpt from the main report…
Agribusiness
Hard-to-Fill
Occupation
Aqua-culturist
Occupational Title
Aquaculture Farm
Caretaker
Aquaculture Farm Aide
Fish Nursery Worker
Prawn Farm Cultivator
Competency
Standard
Aquaculture
NCII
Availability of Skills
• Manpower stock shows that the 4 most
popular degree programs are Nursing,
Information Technology, Teacher
Education, and Hotel and Restaurant
Management
• On TVET, around 693,143 certified workers
out of the total certified 885,647 workers
from 2006-2008 are into skills under the
identified priority sectors
Issues/Gaps
• Lack of experienced and highly
skilled workers
• School curriculum not
responsive to industry needs
• Poor dissemination of Labor
Market Information (LMI)
Recommendations
• Make OJT relevant to student’s
field of work. (Review of
apprenticeship and learnership
policy)
• Strengthen industry-academe
linkage to improve the
employability of workers
• Establish government agency that
is mandated to handle HRD
concerns
Recommendations
• Refocus agricultural courses and
review their standards
• Intensify career guidance and
dissemination of labor market
information on in-demand
occupations, especially for high
school students
• Improve language/English
competency
Recommendations
• Establish/convene industry
councils for regular labor market
signaling activity
• Build a national qualification
system that is aligned with the
international standards
• Make the best talents stay in the
country
Recommendations
• Create employment opportunities for
nurses to address oversupply
• Develop and strengthen emerging
industries and harness OFW remittances
for investments that create
employment
• Re-assess and review the Labor Code,
as well as existing work-related laws
and policies
End of Presentation
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