RUTH R.
RODRIGUEZ
Division Chief
Labor Market Information, Research,
and Career Guidance Advocacy Division
Bureau of Local Employment
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
employment situationer
Key Employment Indicators: Philippines
2010-2014, July 2014-2015
2014* JULY
INDICATOR 2010 2011 2012 2013* 2015*P
AVE. P JULY
60,717 61,882 62,985 61,176 62,189 64,070 65,116
Household Population
(15 years old and over)
Labor Force („000) 38,893 40,006 40,426 39,088 40,050 41,231 41,024
Employed Persons („000) 36,035 37,192 37,600 36,286 37,310 38,453 38,344
Unemployed Persons („000) 2,859 2,814 2,826 2,801 2,740 2,778 2,680
Underemployed Persons („000) 6,762 7,163 7,514 6,912 6,870 7,049 7,989
Labor Participation Rate (%) 64.1 64.6 64.2 63.9 64.4 64.4 63.0
Employment Rate (%) 92.0 92.8 93.1 92.8 93.2 93.3 93.5
Unemployment Rate (%) 8.0 7.2 7.0 7.2 6.8 6.7 6.5
Underemployment Rate (%) 18.8 19.3 20.0 19.0 18.4 18.3 20.8
Youth Unemployment Rate(%) 17.6 16.3 16.2 16.1 15.8 15.8 16.4
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, averages of four (4) rounds of 2010-2014, and July 2014-2015 Labor Force Surveys (LFS)
* Estimates exclude figures for Leyte province
P - Preliminary
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT 2
employment
situationer
JULY 2015 LFS:
Youth composes half of the
unemployed population
50.4% 46.3%
or 1.351 M 15-24 y/o or 1.241 M 25-54 y/o
(vs.49.3% or 1.370 M in July 2014) (vs. 46.8% or 1.300 M in July 2014)
Youth unemployment rate
is more than twice the national rate
6.5% 16.4%
(vs. 6.7 % in July 2014) (vs. 15.8% in July 2014)
Youth unemployment rate Youth unemployment rate
Source: July 2015 Labor Force Survey Results, Institute for Labor Studies
*Excludes figure for Region VIII or Eastern Visayas.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
employment
situationer
JULY 2015 LFS:
A considerable part of the unemployed population consists of
educated workers – most probably the young ones
44.5% or 1.192 M of the total unemployed
have reached or graduated from HIGH
SCHOOL (vs. 42.9% or 1.192 M in July 2014)
About 0.960 M of the total unemployed population have
reached or graduated from COLLEGE or about 35.8%
(vs. 36.4% or 1.012 M in July 2014)
Source: July 2015 Labor Force Survey Results, Institute for Labor Studies
*Excludes figure Leyte Province
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT 4
school-to-work
transition
The school-to-work It takes a high school leaver up to 3
transition for many years to find a first job and 4 years
young Filipinos is to find a permanent wage job.
associated with
change, waiting, It takes a college graduate 1 year
to find a first job and up to 2 years
and uncertainty. to find a permanent job.
The youth‟s educational attainment, age, behavior towards job searching, his
family, social network, minimum wage, regulations and restrictions on
employment arrangements are as strong factors influencing their school-to-work
transition Source: Bird, K. 2012. Are Filipino Youth off to a Good
Start? Youth Labor Market Experience in the Philippines.
ADB. Manila.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
school-to-work
transition
The Filipino youth‟s slow transition from school
to work reduces their chances of finding a good
job because their „employability‟ diminishes.
The transition period may include the following:
Job search behavior
Short term skills training
Temporary work, household duties
Inactivity – staying at home out of employment,
education and training (NEET)
Source: Bird, K. 2012. Are Filipino Youth off to a Good Start?
Youth Labor Market Experience in the Philippines. ADB. Manila.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
How Does the Philippines
Compare with Other Countries?
(Source: OECD, ADB for Philippines)
ER one year ER five years Median time in
after after leaving years to Find
leaving school First Job
school
Germany 75% 78% 0.1
Switzerland 82% 85% 0.7
United Kingdom 80% 85% 1.8
Netherlands 85% 90% 1.0
Italy 50% 70% 3.0
Spain 65% 80% 2.7
Greece 50% 75% 3.2
Philippines 60% 70% 2.0-3.0
youth NEET
About 1 in 4 youth are not in employment, education
and training system at any one time
– Prolong periods in NEET can damage youth future
labor market prospects
Women in particular are at risk of becoming NEET
– About one in three young women are in NEET at any
one time
Young people from lower income families more at
risk of becoming NEET after finishing education
Philippines NEET Rates are relatively high on an
international comparison
Source: Bird, K. 2012. Are Filipino Youth off to a Good Start?
Youth Labor Market Experience in the Philippines. ADB. Manila.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
How Does the Philippine NEET Rate Compare with
Other Middle-Income Countries?
Thailand
EU27
OECD
Mexico
Argentina
Brazil
Philippines
India
Indonesia
Bangladesh
Turkey
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Share of youth
population in NEET
recruitment
and hiring
Percent Share of Establishments by Skills
Considered Important in the Recruitment of
Applicants for Entry Level Jobs, Philippines: 2011
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2011/2012 BLES
Integrated Survey (BITS)
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
recruitment
and hiring
Source: Jobstreet.com Philippines. Jobstreet.com Philippines' Fresh
Graduates 2015 Job & Salary Report, dated 24 March 2015
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
types of labor market mismatch
Skills Mismatch Qualification Regional and
Mismatch Sectoral Mismatch
Mismatch between the Mismatch between Depending on regional and
skills (i.e. generic, technical educational qualifications sectoral employment and
and soft skills) held by (i.e. formal academic skills) unemployment dispersion,
workers and those required held by workers and those this arises when the
by their jobs. Skills required by their jobs. Two locations and sectors
mismatches involve: situations may arise: where job openings are
• Skill deficit (skill gap) - • Over-education - a worker available are poorly
worker’s skills are not up to has more educational matched with potential
the requirements of the job qualifications than those employees.
• Skill underutilisation required
(overskilling) - arises when • Under-education - a
skills exceed those required worker has fewer
by the job. educational qualifications
than those required.
Source: 2012, European Commission, Europe 2020.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
Understanding the relationship between skills supply
and demand
SKILLS GAPS AND HIGH SKILL
SHORTAGES EQUILIBRIUM
Skills
demand
LOW SKILL
SKILLS SURPLUS
EQUILIBRIUM
Skills supply
Source: OECD,2015.
“Before, the signs we would always see proclaimed, „No
Vacancy,‟ didn‟t they? Today, announcements that say, „For
Immediate Hiring‟ are scattered everywhere; you need only
open a newspaper to see classified ads from many companies
who are hiring… This is happening precisely because we have
worked to address what is called the job-skills mismatch…
The solution to this was also simple: Talk to prospective
employers and ask them what skills are demanded by the
positions they are opening. Now, it is in these skills that we
train Filipinos, so that they can maximize opportunities.”
- PRES. BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, SONA 2015
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
Human
DepEd DOLE Development
Poverty
Reduction
Cabinet Cluster
CHED DOST
TWG
on
TESDA PRC
Jobs-Skills
Matching
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL
Job-Skill Matching Agenda
1 Enhanced Basic Education
Curriculum (K to 12)
2 Philippine Qualifications Framework
3 Career Guidance Advocacy Program
4 Enhanced Phil-JobNet
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
Review of Education and Training
Curriculum
Continuing
PRC Professional
Education
Higher
CHED Education
TESDA Tech-Voc
Basic Education
DepEd
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
PHILIPPINE QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK
WAGE EMPLOYMENT / ENTREPRENEURSHIP /
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
TECHNICAL
BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER
EDUCATION SKILLS EDUCATION
DEVELOPMENT
DOCTORAL AND
RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
L8
ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION
POST DOCTORAL
POST
L7 BACCALAUREATE
LIFLONG LEARNING
L6 BACCALAUREATE
EQUIVALENCY
L5 DIPLOMA
L4 NC IV
L3 NC III
L2 GRADE 12 NC II
L1 GRADE 11 NC I
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
CAREER GUIDANCE
ADVOCACY PROGRAM
DOLE DepEd TESDA DOST PRC CHED
Capacity- Career
Career Career CGAP
Career Social
building for Guidance
Advocacy Guidance Week Info
Ambassadors RGCs and
Congress Week Networking Blitz
CAs
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
CAREER GUIDANCE
ADVOCACY PROGRAM
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today!
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PH LMI Systems
Data Sources
Multi-channel
Future Expansion Data Sharing
Tools
IEC/Publications
CHED DOH DOST NRCO POEA TESDA PRC NMP
Mobile
Application
DATA Internet
WAREHOU Data Processing browser
SE
Job
Bureau of Local Search
Employment Kiosk
PESO
PhilJobNet
Barangay Helpdesk
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a "live" registry of skills
that also serves as IT-
based database at
PESOs to facilitate
referral and placement
of jobseekers, given the
available job vacancies
of establishments at the
community level.
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JUAN DELA
CRUZ
The
Talent
Score
Card
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
skillsdata
warehouse
an online verification of applicant
information on skills certification
and accreditation, licensure, and
local and overseas employment
data from government data hubs.
Overseas Workers
TVET training and
assessments/certifications
Professional licensures
Maritime professions
Higher Education
Health Professions
Reintegration of OFWs
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
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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
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
in-demand
occupations
refer to active job vacancies posted/
advertised recurrently by and
across establishments.
275
hard-to-fill
occupations
are job vacancies for which an
establishment has encountered
difficulties in managing the
recruitment process.
102
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT | BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
LMI publications
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Take away...
Increase participation in school (Kto12, scholarships)
Enrich internship/OJT program (integration of soft skills)
Industry immersion program for teachers/trainers
Labor market information signals/exchange
Career guidance for prospective entrants to labor market
Client-oriented – youth, senior, differently abled
Recognize industry and local innovative practices…
provide incentives
Paradigm shift full cycle employment services
Getting a clearer picture of skills mismatches at local level
THANK YOU!
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