“The role of the private sector in skills development and employment”

8th annual expert meeting of the initiative on Employment and Skills Strategies in Southeast Asia (ESSSA) and 4th Regional Policy Dialogue on

TVET 11-12 October, 2016 Cebu, Philippines

OECD Southeast Asia Regional Policy Network on Education and Skills and GIZ Regional Cooperation

Programme to Improve the Training of TVET Personnel (RECOTVET)

Group 1: Effective job matching strategies and how best for employment services to engage with employers in Cambodia

Mr. Somean KUOCHNational Employment Agency

Contents

Roles of National Employment Agency (NEA) Function of NEA Employment forum Services for employers Achievement Way forward

Roles of National Employment Agency (NEA) Mandated to provide employment services and

labor market information to job seekers, employers, employee, education/training providers, and the public (Sub-degree No. 67, 2009)

Mandated as the “Designated Statistical Unit” (Sub-degree No. 117, 2010) playing central role in: Establishing and developing LMIS Compiling, synthesizing, collecting and analyzing data

and information to be publicly disseminated as a easily accessible one-stop source of LMI

Functions of NEA

Jobseekers Vocational & Education programs Labour market

Information flow

Occupational profile

Career and vocational

counseling and guidance

Job placement and

employment counseling

For employment counseling and job placement: Assist jobseekers in acquiring job search skills and soft

skills Invite jobseekers for a job interview Referral and placement to local jobs NEA job shop (www.nea.gov.kh) and job search application

(android) providing free registration, job matching, and the last updated list of available vacancies.

For career and vocational counseling: Assist students to select appropriate occupations (self-

assessment based on interests, personality, value & skills; and planning future career using LMI)

Identify skill gap & determine the most appropriate means of closing this gap

Employment forum

Employment forums (mobile career fairs, recruitment events, and national career fairs): provide the fast track meeting of jobseekers and employers to meet each other in activities featuring registration, interview, and placement in one venue at a specific date to reduce job searching cost, and time.

NEA(One-Stop Service)

Vacancy announcement Access to

jobseeker databank

Vacancy matching and

jobseeker referral

Selection and

recruitment

Office space for interviewing and

selecting jobseekers

Coordinating on-site

recruitment

Advice on recruitment

Recruitment events, job

fair, etc.

Labor market

information (Analysis

and Forecast)

Services for employers

Achievements

Activities 2013 2014 2015Jobseeker registration 6,442 25,501 9,519 Number of referrals 2,883 7,402 6,129 Number of placement 688 2,925 1,394 Pre employment training 1,789 3,374 3,678

Employment forum Number of events 7 44 55 Participants 25,728 35,328 28,934

Career counseling and guidance n.a n.a 203 Soft skill training   n.a n.a 1,088

The way forward Focus on ToT (Training of Trainer) in the field of career counseling and guidance. Continuously improve the public employment operating system including web

based and mobile application in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of job matching

Expand our real-time database of advertised vacancies and jobseekers for faster matching

Expand job centers to other provinces: 2 job centers a year Develop more integrated labor market information system (lack of

comprehensive data collection and sources, no systematic model for future anticipation and forecast of demand and supply, and lack of analytical capability)

More effective communication of the results for better informing career decision, education/training curriculum & policy design; and for improving career guidance tools and service delivery.

Thank you for attention!

www.nea.gov.khEmail: info@nea.gov.kh

Facebook: www.facebook.com/neakhmerTel: 023 884 692/088 678 5678

Government gateway to: Job, Workforce, and Labour Market Information

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