- 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

PROJECT JOBSFIT PROJECT JOBSFIT

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

OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES

• 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

Working GroupsWorking GroupsWorking GroupsWorking Groups

• 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)

Contents of report…Contents of report…

Industry Industry Prospects 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 Tourism5. Retirement Estates (Subic, NCR,

and cities of Tagaytay, Cebu , and Dumaguete)

Industry Prospects Industry Prospects

6. BPOs (35% annual growth, $13 billion in revenues by end of 2010)

7. Investment in ICT8. 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 12 KEGs that have potential for absorbing the most number of the Philippine workforcethe most number of the Philippine workforce

1. Agribusiness2. Cyberservices3. Health and Wellness4. Hotel, Restaurant and

Tourism5. Mining6. Construction

Key Employment Key Employment GeneratorsGenerators

7. Banking and Finance8. Manufacturing9. Ownership Dwellings and Real

Estate10.Transport and Logistics11.Wholesale and Retail Trade12.Overseas Employment

Key Employment Key Employment GeneratorsGenerators

• Renewable Energy• Power and Utilities• Diversified Farming and

Fishing• Creative Industries

Emerging IndustriesEmerging Industries

• 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

Hard-to-fill and In-Hard-to-fill and In-demand Occupationsdemand Occupations

Hard-to-Fill Occupation

Occupational Title Competency Standard

Aqua-culturist

Aquaculture Farm CaretakerAquaculture Farm AideFish Nursery WorkerPrawn Farm Cultivator

Aquaculture NCII

Agribusiness

Excerpt from the main Excerpt from the main report…report…

• 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

Availability of SkillsAvailability of Skills

•Lack of experienced and highly skilled workers

•School curriculum not responsive to industry needs

•Poor dissemination of Labor Market Information (LMI)

Issues/GapsIssues/Gaps

• 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

RecommendationsRecommendations

• 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

RecommendationsRecommendations

• 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

RecommendationsRecommendations

RecommendationsRecommendations

• 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

Visit our websites:

www.ble.dole.gov.phwww.phil-job.net