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A market in which workers compete for

jobs and employers compete for workers
The place in which workers find paying
work and employers find qualified workers

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The International Labor Organization (ILO) defines labor
market information—or simply LMI—as “any
information concerning the size and composition of the
labor market or any part of the labor market, the way it
or any part of it functions, its problems, the
opportunities that may be available to it, and the
employment-related intentions or aspirations of those
who are part of it” (Thuy et al. 2001)

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 Labor market
Information
“Labor market information includes any quantitative
or qualitative information and intelligence on the
labor market that can assist labor market agents in
making informed plans, choices, and decisions related
to business requirements, career planning and
preparation, education and training offerings, job
search, hiring, and governmental policy and
workforce investment strategies”
(Woods and O’Leary, 2006).
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 LABOR FORCE SURVEY
P H I L I P P I N E S

 Major source of labor market

information
 Provides the most comprehensive data
sets on labor force, employment,
unemployment and underemployment
 Provides the most current or updated
data sets that describe the country’s
employment situation.
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 LABOR FORCE SURVEY
P H I L I P P I N E S

COLLECTING AGENCY Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)

METHOD OF DATA
Sample survey
COLLECTION
RESPONDING UNIT Household
FREQUENCY OF DATA
Four times a year (January, April, July and October)
COLLECTION
REFERENCE PERIOD Past week
SAMPLE SIZE 51,000 households
SAMPLING DESIGN Sampling frame – 2000 Census of Population
Domain – 17 administrative regions
Stratification – population size, urbanity and socio-economic condition
CONCEPTS AND Based on international standards, Resolution Concerning Statistics of the
MEASUREMENTS Economically Active Population, Employment, Unemployment, and
Underemployment, adapted during the 13th International Conference of
Labour Statisticians (ICLS), 1982, Geneva, Switzerland.
DISSEMINATION
Press release – 45 Days after reference month (preliminary): www.census.gov.ph
Six (6) months after reference period (final)

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employment situationer
Northern Mindanao 2016

2016 TOTAL POPULATION

WORKING AGE POPULATION

(3,170,000)

LABOR FORCE NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

( 2,040,000) 67.5% (1.13Million)

EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED
(1,929,840) 94.6% (110,160) 5.4%

UNDEREMPLOYED
(480,530) 24.9% Source: PSA
Employment Situationer
Northern Mindanao

Employment Unemployment Underemployment

Rate Rate Rate

2014 94.2% 5.8% 31%

2015 94.2% 5.8% 22.6%

2016 94.6% 5.4% 24.9%

Source: PSA
 employment
Situationer Region 10
Unemployment Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate

Share of youth to
the total unemployed
 SCHOOL-TO-WORK
TRANSITION
It takes a high school leaver up to 3 years to
find a first job and 4 years to find a
permanent wage job.

It takes a college graduate 1 year to find a

first job and up to 2 years 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.
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 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
Source: Bird, K. 2012. Are Filipino Youth off to a Good Start?
Youth Labor Market Experience in the Philippines. ADB. Manila.
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 YOUTH NEET
(Not in Education, Employment or Training)
 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
 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.
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 School-to-Work
Transition
The school-to-work It takes a high school leaver up to 3 years
transition for many to find a first job and 4 years to find a
permanent wage job.
young Filipinos is
associated with
It takes a college graduate 1 year to find
change, waiting, a first job and up to 2 years to find a
permanent job.
and uncertainty.
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.
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PROGRAMS

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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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skillsdata
warehouse
an online verification of
applicant information on
skills certification and
accreditation, licensure,
and local and overseas
employment data from
government data hubs.

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key
employment
generator
A major industry group with great
potential to generate employment and
absorb bulk of the workforce in the years
to come.
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emerging
industry
An industry group growing at a rate faster
than the economy and exhibiting
potential to grow and prosper, thus
capable of generating a large number of
new and fresh 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

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 275 in-demand
occupations
active occupations/job vacancies posted or advertised
recurrently by and across establishments/industries.
They have high turnover/replacement rate and deemed
essential in the operations of a company or a business.

hard-to-fill 102
occupations
job vacancies to which the employers/companies are
having difficulty or taking longer time to fill because job
applicants are not qualified and/or there is no supply
of job applicants for the particular vacancy.
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 CROSS-CUTTING IN-DEMAND
AND HARD-TO-FILL OCCUPATIONS
Forester
Accountant Medical Technologist
Geodetic Engineer
Agriculturist Metallurgist
Heavy Equipment
Accounting Staff Nutritionist
Operator
Air-con Technician Painter
Herbologist
Carpenter Pharmacist
HR Manager
Cashier Plumber
Industrial Engineer
Civil Engineer System Analyst
Instrumentation
Chemical Engineer Sanitary Engineer
Technician
Computer Programmer Veterinarian
Landscape Artist
Electrical Engineer Web Designer
Legal Transcriptionist
Electrical Technician Welder
Machinist
Florist
Food Technologist
Mason
Materials Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
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Industry roadmaps sectors (2013-
2022)
 High employment growth rates projected for:
aerospace, automotive, automotive parts, motorcycles,
pulp and paper, chemicals and chemical products, plastic

 Negative employment outcomes projected for:

furniture manufacturing, rubber, iron and steel
linked to either slow output growth and high import growth, and/or to
high productivity growth

Source: Department of Labor and Employment-International Labour Organization

Philippine Employment Projections Model 2013-2022 (preliminary results).

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Occupational Demand (2013-
2022)
 High net employment growth in:
• Skilled and semi-skilled occupations linked to
wholesale and retail trade (General managers and
managing proprietors; models, salespersons,
demonstrators)
• Unskilled occupations in agriculture
 High employment growth rates:
• Skilled occupations linked to manufacturing, IT-BPM
and education sectors (physicists, math and
engineering professionals, associate teaching
professionals, etc.)
• Some semi-skilled occupations linked to manufacturing
Source: Department of Labor and Employment-International Labour Organization
and construction Philippine Employment Projections Model 2013-2022 (preliminary results).

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 AEC 2015: Job
3.1 M Gain; Skills Demand

Jobs
Occupational demand growth rates 2010-25
Top 5 occupations

Ships’ deck crews and related workers 10.0

Sports and fitness workers 9.5
Managing directors and chief executives 9.0
Database and network professionals 8.0
Librarians, archivists and curators 7.8

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 ILO KEGs Agribusiness, Construction,
Trade and Transportation IT/BPM, Health & Wellness,
Other crops HR & Tourism, Power and Utilities,
Wholesale & Retail Trade, Mining,
Construction Manufacturing, Transport &
Livestock Logistics,
Private Services Commonly Renewable Energy,
Identified growth Real Estate, Shipbuilding
sectors:
1. Agribusiness
2. Construction
Manufacturing 3. Manufacturing Agribusiness and fishery,
Logistics 4. Services Economic and low-cost
Agribusiness housing, Energy, Hospitals,
Manufacturing,
Construction Public infrastructure and logistics,
Tourism PPP projects,
IT-BPO NEDA IPP Services

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 PH “At Risk” Sectors
Identified by Natural Rubber
PIDS Agriculture (sugars, molasses, honey, cocoa, fish, animal
and vegetable oils, developed; fertilizer, animal feed stuff)
Wood products (plywood, furniture, potter; furniture,
cushions)
Mining (sand and gravel; non-ferrous waste, scrap; tin,
stone; gold, silverware, jewelries)
Textiles (cushions, clothing accessories and fabric;
miscellaneous manufactured goods; textile articles; baby
carriage, toys, games; cine film exposed)
Apparel (trunk, suit-cases, bag; clothing accessories,
fabric; footwear)
Chemicals (veneers, explosives, pyrotechnics)
Metals (miscellaneous non-ferrous base metal)
Identified bygains inChemicals
Note: Losses and andbyMining
industries identified ILO-ADB, NEDA and products identified by PIDS overlap.
Some sunset products identified by PIDS may be under an industry/ies identified by ILO-ADB and NEDA
ILO
projected to gain employment, and vice versa.

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