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Title: NEDA TO PILOT 3 SMART CITIES IN PHL

Author: Department of Finance

Date: July 21, 2022

According to NEDA, industrialized countries implement efficient and sustainable infrastructure as a tool to address socioeconomic and environmental problems. Davao was one of the cities selected as pilot cities in the Philippines under the ASEAN Smart Cities Network initiative. This will ultimately be influential to job creation as more infrastructure translates to a larger number of employment opportunities.

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Title: DPWH HIRES ADDITIONAL 1,013 ENGINEERS UNDER THE BUILD BUILD BUILD PROGRAM AND REGULARIZES MORE JOB ORDER EMPLOYEES AMID COVID 19 PANDEMIC

Author: Department of Public Works and Highways

Date: March 1, 2021

Apart from the fact that Duterte's ''Build, Build, Build'' (BBB) program increases the amount of infrastructure in our country that further encourages economic growth, it also increased the opportunities of employment for the Filipino people which they are desperately in need of because of the pandemic. This is relevant to our research topic because the program also broadened employment options in our nation.

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URL: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1934661/davao/local-news/survey-dabawenyos-want-mayor-baste-to-prioritize-employment-generation

Title: Survey: Dabawenyos want Mayor Baste to prioritize employment generation

Author: RALPH LAWRENCE G. LLEMIT

Date: July 11, 2022

The content of this article is all about the desire for employment here in Davao city. Sebastian Duterte, the mayor of Davao, is being expected to prioritize job creation by his constituents, according to the results of a recent survey by the University of Mindanao Institute of Popular Opinion (UM-IPO). According to the 1,200 respondents in the UM-IPO survey, which was conducted from June 22 to July 1, 2022, 61.7 percent of Dabawenyos are urging the mayor to emphasize on job creation and other employment opportunities. Therefore, this is related to the research topic as the people themselves are the ones asking for more employment.

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Survey: Dabawenyos want Mayor Baste to prioritize employment generation

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DABAWENYOS want Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte to prioritize jobs and employment generation under his term, according to the recent survey results of the University of Mindanao...

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URL:https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1927618/davao/local-news/davao-region-posts-59-growth-in-2021

Title: Davao Region posts 5.9% growth in 2021

Author: REUEL JOHN F. LUMAWAG

Date: April 28, 2022

The content located in this article generally discussed the drastic economic growth and industrial enhancement that occurred in the Davao Region. As the title suggests, the economy increased by 5% in 2021. This is related to our research topic as economic growth and the boost of several industries located in Davao and in Mindanao translates to more job opportunities for the people.

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DAVAO Region's economy grew by 5.9 percent in 2021 from -7.5 percent in 2020, the Philippine Statistics Authority-Davao Region (PSA-Davao) said.

"At constant 2018 prices, the region's economy was valued at P882.0 billion in 2021 from about P833.2 billion from 2020, an estimated increase of P48.8 billion. However, the level is still short of P18.5 billion compared to the 2019 level," PSA-Davao regional director Ruben D. Abaro, Jr. said during the News Conference on the 2021 Economic Performance of Davao Region at the Acacia Hotel Davao on Thursday, April 28, 2022.

The economic performance of the region was measured by the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) and Gross Regional Domestic Expenditure (GRDE).

Davao Region's growth rate is higher than the national average of 5.7 percent.

"[The growth was] Driven mainly by an increase in economic activity, work output, and improved mobility coupled with a proactive management of risks against Covid-19," National Economic and Development Authority-Davao Region (Neda-Davao) director Ma. Lourdes Lim said.

Lim said Davao Region contributed 4.8 percent to the national economy.

Meanwhile, Abaro reported that Davao Region was the fourth fastest-growing economy in Mindanao in 2021. The fastest-growing economies in the island group were Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (7.5 percent), Caraga (7.2 percent), and Northern Mindanao (6.3 percent). Behind Davao were Zamboanga Peninsula (5.7 percent) and Soccsksargen (5.2 percent). Overall, Mindanao posted an economic growth of 6.1 percent from -5.7 percent.

"The safe reopening of the regional economy in 2021, also allowed more Dabawenyos to work and earn income translating to quarterly employment rates of about 94 percent and conversely unemployment rates at only 4 or 5 percent throughout 2021," Lim said.

Meanwhile, Lim said the services and industry sectors were the top sectors in 2021 while agriculture, forestry and fishing "underperformed."
Industry
Data from PSA showed that the industry sector had the highest growth among the three major sectors -- industry, services, and agriculture, forestry and fishing. The industry sector posted a 9.9-percent growth in 2021 from -14.5 percent in 2020. The sector also accounted for 25.2 percent of the regional economy.

The sector is composed of mining and quarrying; manufacturing; electricity, steam, water, and waste management; and construction.

"The notable performance of the industry sector was propped up by the notable expansion of the mining and quarrying at 21.9 percent owing to a higher generation of local sales of minerals, a much higher volume of minerals extracted, a higher export of gold and minerals," Lim said.

Mining and quarrying contracted by -15.8 percent in 2020. In 2021, this sector has become the fastest-growing subsector for both the industry sector and the 16 subsectors in Davao Region.

"These increased output levels are basically on account of the reopening of the mining and quarrying activities in the region in 2021, most of which reduced or closed in 2020," Lim said.

Construction, which was among the hardest hit subsectors at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, also posted a huge growth at 12.5 percent in 2021 from -23.4 percent in 2020.

"The positive performance in 2021 can be traced to the accelerated infrastructure spending of the national government in Davao Region, including Build, Build, Build projects, given that 2021 is the last full year of the Duterte administration," Lim said.

Manufacturing grew by 8.9 percent in 2021 from -9.3 percent in 2020 while electricity, steam, water, and waste management grew by 2.6 percent from 1.7 percent.
Services
Meanwhile, the services sector grew by 5.6 percent in 2021 from -6.7 percent in 2020. The sector also continued to form the largest portion of the pie of the regional economy at 58.7 percent.

The sector covers wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; transportation and storage; accommodation and food service activities; information and communication; financial and insurance activities; real estate and ownership of dwellings; professional and business services; public administration and defense, compulsory social activities; education; human health and social work activities; and other services.

Human health and social work activities are the fastest growing services subsector in 2021. It has grown to 14.6 percent from -5.4 percent in 2020. It is also the second fastest-growing among the 16 subsectors.

"The robust expansion of human health and social work services is understandable on account of the massive health spending from both the private and public institutions. This is in view of the pandemic response and recovery efforts and the intensive rollout of the vaccination program in Davao Region," Lim said.

The accommodation and food service activities, meanwhile, saw a growth rate of 10.8 percent in 2021 from -34.8 percent in 2020. Following the lockdowns and travel restrictions in 2020, the sector was among those that were adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

"In 2021, many of these restrictions were lifted followed by the safe reopening of hotels, restaurants, tourist destinations, and other recreational activities leading to a high performance of this subsector," Lim said.

As for the other subsectors, wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles grew by 4.3 percent from 0.3 percent; transportation and storage expanded to 2.2 percent from -33.9 percent; information and communication increased by 8.6 percent from 3.9 percent; real estate and ownership of dwellings grew by -15.6 percent to 2.3 percent; professional and business services rose by 8.1 percent from -11.4 percent; education grew by 8.3 percent from -5 percent; other services increased by 1.4 percent from -38.1 percent.

Public administration and defense, compulsory social activities; and financial and insurance activities recorded slower growth in 2021. Public administration and defense, and compulsory social activities posted a growth rate of 5.2 percent in 2021 from 6.4 percent in 2020. Financial and insurance activities recorded a 6.1 growth in 2021 from 7.9 percent in 2020.
Agriculture
The agricultural sector, meanwhile, recorded a slower growth of 0.8 percent in 2021 from 1.2 percent in 2020.

"This suggests that the value of overall agricultural production in 2021, only marginally increased," Lim said.

While there were slight improvements in palay and corn production in 2021, this was offset by the lower production of pork and poultry.

"The decline is attributed to supply chain disruptions, the lingering impact of the African Swine Fever, the fewer institutional buyers due to consumer health concerns, and unfavorable climatic conditions," Lim said.

Despite the slow growth of agriculture, they saw some optimism in the fisheries sector.

"The bright spot... was the fisheries production. This registered higher production volumes due to localized landing of fishing vessels, intensification of fisheries livelihood programs, and operationalization of aquaculture farms," Lim said.

Additional data on agricultural production were not presented during the News Conference.
Demand side
Abaro reported that gross capital formation or investment spending grew by 13.1 percent in 2021 from -15.6 percent in 2020. It recorded the highest growth in 2021 on the demand side.

Neda-Davao reported that investments were poured into public and private constructions, durable equipment, intellectual property products, and valuables.

Gross capital formation was followed by imports of goods and services (8.2 percent from -18.6 percent); government final consumption expenditure (5.9 percent from 11.8 percent); and Household final consumption expenditure or household spending (4.7 percent from -7.5 percent).

Exports of goods and services also saw an improvement but had the slowest growth rate at -2.7 percent from -26.3 percent.

Meanwhile, despite having slower growth, household spending remains to have the biggest share of the regional economy at 65 percent, valued at around P573 billion.

"This growth rate (of Household spending) translates to about P26 billion increase in private consumption expenditure in Davao Region or an average P17 million spent a day," Lim said.

Lim said the increase in household spending was due to the lifting of mobility restrictions, encouraging travel, resumption of operations of most businesses and workplaces, and the return of limited face-to-face schooling, among others.

"2021 tested our grit as a region and as Dabawenyos, it is clear, as the data indicate, that we have weathered the worst part of the storm," Lim said.

She noted how the region not only grew positively in 2021 but also maintained its lead as the biggest regional economy in Mindanao.

"The region is also nearing 2019 or pre-pandemic economic output, clearly indicating that Davao Region is on track to a full economic recovery and is primed to regain its growth momentum this year," Lim said.

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DAVAO Region's economy grew by 5.9 percent in 2021 from -7.5 percent in 2020, the Philippine Statistics Authority-Davao Region (PSA-Davao) said. "At constant 2018 prices, the region's economy was valued at P882.0 billion in 2021 from about P833.2 billion from 2020, an estimated increase of P48.8 billion.

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Title: Norway says bringing 50,000 jobs to Philippines possible

Author: ANC 24/7

Date: June 15, 2022

The main idea of that video was that foreign investors could have the ability to bring in some "50,000 good-paying jobs" to the Philippines if the country allows foreigners to have a majority stake in renewable energy companies, Norway's ambassador to the Philippines said. This way, huge amounts of employment can be provided for the people regardless of what their credentials are.

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URL: https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/08/18/campus-press/jobs-for-seniors-or-the-youth/1855069

Title: Jobs: For seniors or the youth

Author: Enie Cecilia

Date: August 18.2020

Key info: The news articles talk about youth unemployment as a serious global problem. Among the factors contributory to this sad state is the utter lack of job opportunities, barriers to entering the labor market, limited qualification for current jobs, ever-changing skills requirements dictated by the market, and the size of the population competing for jobs. This is relevant because it shows us the problem and how it can affect everyone.

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ANOTHER broadsheet reported on Aug. 10, 2022 that "... more senior citizens have ventured back to the job market due to the harder times wrought by the high prices of food and other basic services."

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan allegedly "urged the private sector to provide senior citizens with the opportunities and training so they could adapt to potential employment, especially in the digital space and in agriculture."

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I have mixed feelings about this issue. First, I share the sentiment of Secretary Balisacan who believes in the capacity of the senior citizens to continue contributing to economic development by making themselves productive.

As I write, the Worldometer data showed that the Philippines has a population of 112,762,400 - and counting. As of 2020, the age distribution of the population was: ages 0-14 - 30.04 percent; ages 15-64 - 64.55 percent; and ages 65 and above - 5.51 percent. The ages 15-64 category is the productive age, but it is where unemployment rate is the highest.

National unemployment rate is around 6 percent among Filipinos actively seeking jobs. But youth unemployment is more than twice the national average.
Senior citizens at work
Retired senior citizens have skills and experience and can rejoin the workforce. They also have a strong work ethic, stay more focused on the job, are more reliable and take fewer days off. This is contrary to the impression that older employees are sickly. Many older employees are team players and can thrive in a multigenerational workforce. Best of all, they have a network of allies built over the years, and the knowledge of the business that many young upstarts don't have. Many senior citizens at work were able to overcome the so-called technology gap through training. Younger employees also learn from older and wiser employees. The value of assimilation and osmosis is incalculable but does not appear in the balance sheet.

However, there are myths and half-truths that deter many employers from getting senior citizens back into the mainstream employment. One myth says, "You cannot teach an old dog new tricks." Another is that they demand higher pay and benefits. Surprisingly, some seniors want to work more out of passion than due to the compensation.
Possible downside
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos turn 15 and join the workforce; more than half a million more graduate from senior high school and college. They automatically form part of the workforce but are not necessarily classified as unemployed. To be considered unemployed, they must be jobless, actively seeking work and are available to take a job.

Youth unemployment is compounded by a bigger problem - the NEET or Not in Employment, Education or Training. Around the world, 1 in 5 young people have NEET status. The NEETs are not considered jobless. In fact, some perform unpaid work, especially young girls doing household chores or manning the family's small sari-sari store.

Millions of young Filipinos need jobs, perhaps more than the senior citizens. I suggest that youth employment should be prioritized, but qualified seniors should also be hired. Youth in the NEET category, the unemployed youth, the underemployed youth and those in vulnerable employment will likely continue to suffer from poverty, unless they find decent jobs. Poverty-related experiences in their young life can have scarring effects, including poor employment prospects and lower earning potential later in their lives.
Arresting youth unemployment
Youth unemployment is a serious global problem. Among the factors contributory to this sad state is the utter lack of job opportunities, barriers to entering the labor market, limited qualification for current jobs, ever-changing skills requirements dictated by the market, and the size of the population competing for jobs. In 2020, the ILO estimated some 1.3 billion youth, between ages 15 and 24, to be unemployed worldwide.

While the Philippine situation is not as worrisome as those in Africa, the pattern of youth unemployment and underemployment seem to be the same. The presence of highly qualified senior citizens could further jeopardize the chances of the youth for better, more and decent jobs.

Here are some of the recommendations that I have made in some earlier fora, or I have written in one paper or another in the past. These are still relevant to the times:

- Focus on both sides of the employment equation. Many of the initiatives to create employment are mostly on the supply side - ensuring the availability of qualified job applicants, through education and training. The number of initiatives is not the problem; it is the quality of the interventions that should improve, including addressing the jobs-skills mismatch. Meanwhile, policies for attracting and sustaining investments, both domestic and foreign, should be in place to proper job creation and preservation.

- Align college/technical education with industry demand. Like it or not, the industry is the customer of the educational system. Let the education system align itself to the customer's need and not force the customer to buy its products.

- Stronger industry-academe linkages. Due to such change drivers as technology, demographics, climate change, supply chain disruptions and the ever-changing ways of doing business, it has become more difficult for Business to predict the skills required by the market over the long-term. Worse, college curriculum cannot be changed once it is started in the first year. By graduation time, some of the knowledge and skills learned in schooling could be rendered irrelevant by technology and market changes. Business must help the Academe understand their needs for skills, and the Academe must have more flexibility to adjust their curricula and methodology accordingly.

- Improve the internship experience of students. Revisit the 200-hour OJT (on-the-job) concept, and institute a serious internship programs of at least six months where students can develop real workplace skills and attitudes, beyond mixing coffee, document copying and running errands in large offices. The best form of internship is enterprise-based and should help the NEET youth or the possible new entrants into the world of work. But the enterprise must have the say in the internship experience, without heavy regulation, threats of penalty or intervention of some non-entities.

- Incentivize learning and employment. Regulatory bodies should shift from too much regulation to development and provision of incentives to players for job creation. Learners who excel should be rewarded with decent jobs. Incentives, tax rebates and other forms of rewards should be granted to schools with quality graduates. Enterprises that provide more employment to the youth and the seniors must also be given similar rewards.

Actually, we don't have to choose who should get the jobs. There are roles best suited for either the senior citizens or the youth. Complementation, not competition!

Laura Jane Addams was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker and author. She once said, "Of all aspects of social misery, nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment."
Ernie Cecilia is the chairman of the Human Capital Committee and the Publication Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham); chairman of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines' (ECOP's) TWG on Labor Policy and Social Issues; and past president of the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP). He can be reached at [email protected]

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ANOTHER broadsheet reported on Aug. 10, 2022 that "... more senior citizens have ventured back to the job market due to the harder times wrought by the high prices of food and other basic services."

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URL: https://mb.com.ph/2022/07/07/unemployment-rate-inches-up-to-6-in-may/

Title: PH unemployment rate inches up to 6% in May

Author: Chino S. Leyco

Date: July 7, 2022

Based on the data released on Thursday, July 7 by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the number of unemployed Filipinos increased in May as a result of a lack of employment opportunities for the country's expanding working-age population. Despite this, the unemployment rate significantly improved compared to 7.7 percent in May 2021. A total of 2.93 million people aged 15 and over were anticipated to be unemployed in May, according to the unemployment rate. All of these statistics that I stated are related to our research topic as it reveals or talks about the disturbing unemployment rate in the Philippines. The severe statistics present in the article proves the unemployment issues that were stated in our FA4.

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The number of unemployed Filipinos climbed in May as there were not enough jobs for the growing working-age population entering the labor market, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed on Thursday, July 7.

Based on the PSA's May 2022 Labor Force Survey, the country's unemployment rate inched up to 6.0 percent from the pandemic low of 5.7 percent posted in April. However, the jobless level is an improvement compared with the 7.7 percent in May 2021.

The jobless rate in May translated to an estimated 2.93 million jobless individuals aged 15-years-old and above. This rose from 2.76 million in the previous month, but a decline compared with the P3.74 million in the same month last year.

According to the PSA, the rise in unemployment rate was recorded after the country's labor force participation rate rose from 63.4 percent in April to 64.0 percent in May. Year-on-year, it marginally dropped from 64.6 percent.

The PSA estimated that there were 49.01 million working age Filipinos who were in the labor force in May, up from 48.39 million in April and 48.46 million in the same month last year.

Meanwhile, underemployment rate settled at 14.5 percent in May, higher than the 12.3 percent in the same month a year ago. This was equivalent of 1.2 million additional underemployed. Last April, this was estimated at 14 percent.

In a statement, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said they have seen significant employment gains in the services sector during the month as tourism and business outlook improved with the further easing of Covid-19 restrictions.

"Amidst external shocks, the government has sustained the economy's growth momentum and steered it towards a higher growth path. Now, the immediate challenge is the full reopening of the economy," Balisacan said.

"Over the medium term, the government will focus on creating more jobs, quality jobs, and green jobs through productivity-enhancing investments," he added.

According to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief, the productivity-enhancing investments will include strategies to increase employability such as improved quality of education, provision of opportunities for life-long learning, and in-demand skills development.

The productivity-enhancing strategies also include options to obtain micro-credentials, enhanced job facilitation programs and strengthened linkages between industry, business and training institutions for a more efficient labor market.

Meanwhile, Balisacan also commended the ease in metrics of the Department of Health (DOH) in determining the alert level system as critical in the economy's reopening.

The NEDA chief likewise welcomed the move to immediately and safely resume face-to-face classes to increase domestic activities and prevent future productivity loss.

He added that a catch-up plan is needed to regain the two years of learning lost during the Covid-19 pandemic.

"A learning catch-up plan is crucial. This will help secure better opportunities for future generations and ensure that our demographic dividend will not be wasted," said Balisacan.

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Title: Creating Opportunities: Views on Job Creation in the Philippines

Author: World Bank

Date: September 19, 2013

The main point of this video is to convey the Filipino masses' views on job creation. It is clear that a huge portion of Filipinos have suffered the adversity of acquiring a good living and providing for their families. That is why this video is related to our research topic since it confers about the current employment matters here in the Philippines.

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URL: https://business.inquirer.net/356388/2-99-million-filipinos-unemployed-in-june-2022-psa

Title: Number of jobless Filipinos up to 2.99M in June 2022, PSA reports

Author: Neil Arwin Mercado

Date: August 8, 2022

This article generally discussed all the various statistics in the category of employment. The Philippine Statistics Authority mentioned that there were about three million unemployed Filipinos in the labor force in June 2022. According to the PSA, the unemployment rate for June was actually 6%, the same as it was for May. However, as more people entered the labor sector, especially those over 65 who had to hunt for work despite rising consumer prices, the number of unemployed Filipinos grew to 2.99 million in June from 2.93 million in May, according to National Statistician Dennis Mapa. All these statistics fall on the category of employment opportunities for the people which is the research topic of our group.

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MANILA, Philippines - Nearly three million Filipinos in the labor force were unemployed in June 2022, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Monday.

The PSA said the June unemployment rate was actually the same as that in May at 6 percent. However, the number of jobless Filipinos increased to 2.99 million in June from 2.93 million in May as more people joined the labor force, including those above 65 years old who had to look for jobs amid rising consumer prices, National Statistician Dennis Mapa said.

According to the PSA, the employment rate in June remained at 94 percent or 46.59 million of the 49.58 million Filipinos in the labor force- mainly those who are 15 years old and above. This was higher by 508,000 compared to the 46.08 million employed in May. And the rate was also higher than the 92.3 percent recorded in June last year.

"The average weekly hours worked by an employed person in June 2022 was estimated at 40.3 hours, higher than the mean hours worked obtained in May 2022 (39.8 hours) and in June 2021 (39.0 hours)," the PSA added.

Meanwhile, underemployment rate, which Merriam-Webster defines as "jobs inadequate with respect to their training or economic needs", was at 12.6 percent in June 2022.

The PSA said this was lower than the 14.5 percent underemployment rate recorded in May 2022.

"This translates to a decrease of 780,000 underemployed people from 6.67 million in May 2022 to 5.89 million in June 2022," the PSA said.

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MANILA, Philippines - Nearly three million Filipinos in the labor force were unemployed in June 2022, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Monday. The PSA said the June unemployment rate was actually the same as that in May at 6 percent.

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URL:https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/26320

Title: Employment and Poverty in the Philippines

Author: Rutkowski, Jan J.

Date: December 2015

From the standpoint of employees' welfare, this study scrutinizes the performance of the labor market in the Philippines. It shows that the major difficulty facing labor policy is the widespread in-work poverty. The main causes of poverty are the poor's low earning potential and limited access to stable, decent professions. Behind these are the two interconnected root causes of in-work poverty: low levels of education among the poor and a lack of opportunities for lucrative employment. The poor are employed in "bad" employment, which are divided into two categories in the labor market, the ''good'' and the ''bad''. This is associated with our research topic because it carries the same concept. There are fewer job opportunities for the poor partly because of the quality and quantity of the education that they received.

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Employment and Poverty in the Philippines

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URL: https://hrmasia.com/jobs-creation-a-priority-for-the-philippines-in-2022/#:~:text=In%20conjunction%20with%20the%20National,to%20create%201%20million%20jobs.

Title: Jobs creation a priority for the Philippines in 2022

Author: Charles Chau

Date: March 1, 2022

The Employers Confederation of the Philippines has committed to generating 1 million jobs in collaboration with the National Economic Recovery Strategy. "ECOP is glad that the One-Million Jobs project has contributed to and complimented the efforts that our government has been undertaking to stem rampant unemployment and ensure job generation amid the pandemic," said Perry Ferrer, governor and chairman of the Job Creation Committee for the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP). This carries good news to our unemployed Filipinos and to our economy as more people are given the chance to live a better life through employment.

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Title : The Philippine Decent Work Country Program | Infographics (Extended)
Author : International Labour Organization
Date : July 3, 2019

Key Info : As the primary method for delivering ILO support in the Philippines, the Decent Work Country Programe (DWCP) was formed. The new agenda acknowledges the importance of social protection, workplace rights, full and productive employment, and social discourse in achieving inclusive and sustainable growth.

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URL: https://www.teacherph.com/employability-deped-senior-high-school-shs-graduates/

Title: Employability of DEPED Senior High School (SHS) Graduates

Author: Mark Anthony Llego

Date: Unknown

Key Info: This article talks about how the Philippines adopted the K to 12 Basic Education Program in the School Year and 3 Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 added two years of Senior High School (SHS) with the goal of expanding high school education for higher education, employment, middle-level skills development, and entrepreneurship and how this Education Program will help them to get jobs even without a college degree. The relevance of the article is that it shows us how important Senior high School how it will help us to find jobs even without a degree which is important in our research topic because we aim to help everyone to have jobs and opportunities for them to have a stable income.

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Attached is an Aide Memoire from DepEd Undersecretary Alain Del B. Pascua on the Towards Gainful Employment: Bridging the Gap Between SHS Graduates and the Government, Industry, and Business Sectors.

Introduction

The Philippines adopted the K to 12 Basic Education Program in School Year 2012-2013 which includes Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education. This was made possible through the Republic Act No. 10533 Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 added two years of Senior High School (SHS) with the goal of expanding high school education for higher education, employment, middle-level skills development, and entrepreneurship.

The Senior High School (SHS) Program enhances the 21st-century skills of the learners along with their careers choices from the tracks and strands, namely:

1. Academic track with strands that include the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Humanities and Socials Sciences (HUMSS), Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM), Maritime, and General Academic

2. Technical-Vocational-Livelihood track with strands that include Industrial Arts, Home Economics, Information and Communications Technology and Agri-Fishery Arts

3. Sports track

4. Arts and Design track

Considered as the most significant educational reform in the country, the K to 12 programs seek to provide Filipino learners with the necessary skills and competencies to prepare them to face the challenges of the 21st Century. At the end of the program, SHS graduates are expected to have fully acquired the following 21st-century skills: (a) learning and innovation skills, (b) effective communication skills, information, media, and technology skills, and (d) life and career skills which are the demand skills as part of the international standards amid the Fourth Indu Revolution (DepEd Order No. 21, s.2019 Policy Guidelines on the K to 12 Education Program.)

Current Situation

In SY 2017-2018, the first batch of approximately 1.2 million SHS students graduated in April 2018. This is the combined total of SHS graduates from the DepEd public schools, private schools, and non-DepEd public schools. After 7 years of implementation, there is still a gap between graduates of the K to 12 programs and employment. The digital economy is driving the Philippines' emerging jobs and by 2025, the country's digital economy is expected to be worth more than Php 1 Trillion, according to the e-Conomy SEA 2019 ( http://think.storage.googleapis.com/docs/e-Conomy_SEA_2019_report.pdf).

Research Conducted

The three (3) released discussion papers of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) in December of 2018, 2019, and 2020 showed that there was a growing interest in helping raise the employability of SHS graduates.

The PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2018-49 entitled Senior High School and the Labor Market: Perspectives of Grade 12 Students and Human Resource Officers released in December 2018 revealed that despite identifying employment and entrepreneurship as a rationale for the program, three-quarters of the grade 12 students plan to proceed to higher education. This proportion is true even for those on the TVL track.

In addition, the PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2019-13 entitled Status of Senior High School Implementation: A Process Evaluation released in December 2019, assessed the extent of implementation of the SHS program two years into implementation in order to identify issues and challenges it is facing and find areas for improvement. As in any process evaluation of programs, it looks at three domains, namely: program theory, service delivery and utilization, and program organization.

The assessment revealed that the program had notable gains:

Enrollment exceeded expectations. The Department of Education expected only one (1) million enrollees but got 200 thousand more with transition from G10 to G11 - a higher transition rate than from fourth year to college before the program.

Other explanations besides high continuation rate among G10 graduates were given, namely, many of the out-of-school youth went back to school, and graduates of ALS also may have continued their studies. It has also been noted that preliminary data has shown a high graduation rate among the first batch of SHS students.

1. Stakeholders also mentioned anecdotal evidence that graduates, particularly of the TVL track, found employment after graduation. Employment is one the desired exits for SHS graduates.

2. Stakeholder support and school leadership at work in SHS implementation. One of the observations of this study is that amidst implementation challenges, there are senior high schools that thrive due mainly to a combination of good school leadership and a strong support from stakeholders.

3. The program has also become a venue for public and private partnership in the implementation. The SHS voucher program and the JDVP-TVL are two such programs that foster public-private partnerships. The SHS voucher enables students who cannot be accommodated in the public school to study in private schools using the voucher as subsidy for their tuition. The JDVPTVL allows students of DepEd SHS offering TVL strands that have inadequate facilities to take their TVL specializations in selected TVIs.

The PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2020-40 entitled On the Employability of the Senior High School Graduates: Evidence from the Labor Force released in December 2020 confirmed the results in the earlier study that only a small proportion (a little over 20%) enter the labor force and most of them (more than 70 percent) continue with their education. Furthermore, there is a need to continue working with employers informing and demonstrating to them what SHS graduates can do and eventually clearly defining the right niche for them in the labor market.

The Philippine Business for Education (PBED) group also conducted a study and found that the first batch of SHS graduates possesses "theoretically" 93% of the competencies suitable to the needs of the country's industries. But in a separate study, the PBED found that only 20% of the 70 leading companies in the Philippines were inclined to hire senior high graduates, preferring college graduates or those with at least two years of a college education.

In 2019 and 2020, the Bureau of Curriculum Development (BCD) conducted a National SHS Tracer Study - a mixed methods research, which aimed at determining the curriculum exits taken by learners after having graduated from the Senior High School in SY 2017-2018. A majority of 82.67% of the graduates pursued higher education while 10.22% got employed. Only a small percentage engaged in entrepreneurship (1.30%) and middle-level skills development (0.42%). 5.39 % of the graduates did not pursue any of the exits after SHS graduation.

The BCD also studied the cohorts of SHS graduates in SY 2017-2018 by requesting Regional Offices to submit reports on the following: number of SHS graduates according to tracks and strands; the number of SHS graduates who got employed, pursued higher education, engaged in entrepreneurial activities, and/or underwent middle-level skills development.

Among those who proceeded to higher education, the majority were from the Academic track accounting for 42.3% of the graduates, followed by TVL track graduates at 24.8%, Arts & Design track graduates at 0.3%, and Sports track graduates at 0.2%.

The SHS TVL track graduates registered the highest from those who got employed at 9.7% followed by the Academic track graduates at 6.2%, then Arts & Design graduates at 0.03%, and Sports tracks graduates at 0.02%.

Current Support Mechanisms

There are also efforts to integrate the K to 12 qualifications in the Civil Service Commission (CSC) qualification standards to better improve the employability of K to 12 graduates in the government sector. Basically, the qualification standards include (a) education, either JHS completer or SHS graduate, (b) experience, (c) training, which can be in the form of National Certificates (NCs), and (d) Eligibility.

When SHS students and/or graduates have reached the age of 18, they are eligible to take the CSC Written Examination. If they pass, they will have greater chances of obtaining the minimum qualification standards for government employment.

Aside from government support, PBED expressed its commitment to convince private business and industry companies to open their doors to K to 12 students and graduates through work immersion and employment opportunities. This was made possible through the "First Future" Program of PBED where it studied the employability of the Senior HS graduates. Data showed that "3 of 5 companies are open to hiring K to 12 graduates while 1 of 5 companies are ready to hire given available facilities and current hiring policies." PBED announced that over 19,000 entry-level jobs and 400 work immersion positions for senior high school graduates and students have been opened and made available for K to 12 graduates.

A total of 116 companies offered 19,385 job openings and 773 training positions for SHS students and graduates. Currently, PBED data show at least 2,900 positions had already been filled; 544 graduates have been employed; 211 have been trained; while 105 are scheduled for training.

Gaps and Misalignment

However, there are still gaps in the employability of the SHS graduates. As DepEd continues to enhance the employability of the SHS graduates, there have to be strategies to help them build their employment portfolio and resume.

The current misalignment is partly due to longstanding traditional mindsets both from the supply side (students) and the demand side (employers) that high school graduates are not work-ready. Students are not confident enough to find gainful employment after graduation, limiting themselves to jobs that are not matched with the technical education and training they have received in SHS, and employers still prefer to hire college graduates or at least those with some years of a college education.

Currently, industry leaders have indicated that software engineers and developers are emerging jobs that are critical for businesses wanting to take the next digital step. Employers are more inclined to hire graduates that have already acquired digital skills since this would reduce training time and cost.

Bridging the Gap

Recognizing this gap between SHS graduates and employment opportunities, the Office of the Undersecretary for Administration (OUA), in collaboration with the Curriculum and Instruction (CI) Strand, is spearheading a project in support of the K to 12 programs, to better prepare learners to be more work-ready.

In partnership with Microsoft Philippines, the OUA aims to equip graduating Grade 12 learners with the knowledge and skills to build impactful resumes and online professional profiles through LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a social platform that focuses on professional networking and career development for individuals.

As far back as 2 to 3 years ago, the undersigned has been asking Microsoft to create a LinkedIn Student Version to allow SHS students to register, since the age requirement to use the platform at that time was 18 years old. Recently, LinkedIn lowered the age requirement to 16 years old, thus allowing the Department of Education to take the opportunity to make use of the platform for its SHS students.

By providing our SHS learners access to LinkedIn and skilling platforms such as Microsoft Learn, Microsoft Imagine Academy, and LinkedIn Learning, students will be given the opportunity to not just connect professionally with industry practitioners but also to acquire competencies and digital certifications by completing learning paths in digital productivity, computer science, cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), and data science which are all aligned to in-demand technical and product skills, and the most in-demand jobs, globally. Aside from this, online training modules will also be made available for the students that support 21st-century skills needed in the workplace - communication, collaboration, critical thinking, problem-solving, empathy (effective communication and presentation skills, interview tips, workplace ethics, and others). This nationwide training will be done online and aims to support learners with workforce advantage and readiness.

Moreover, learners will be given capability building in accomplishing the Personal Data Sheet (PDS) being the standard resume format for those applying for government positions. OUA is making representation with Microsoft for the possible conversion of LinkedIn resumes to the government-required PDS.

Equipping learners, on the supply side, with more skills aimed at increasing their employability is only one part of the equation in bridging the gap. The other part is the demand side, and this is where industry partners come in.

Reaching out to the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) and getting their support for the program gives graduating SHS students opportunities to find possible employment or if not, gain significant real-world experience in job hunting. Students who have earned a certificate of completion jointly issued by DepEd, ECOP, and Microsoft will be given a higher chance of being employed by ECOP member companies. Input from ECOP will also be incorporated in the training program to give insight into what the industries are looking for from potent employees. LinkedIn has reported that the 10 most currently in-demand jobs in the Philippines are: Robotics Engineer, Cyber Security Specialist, Customer Success Specialist, Data Scientist, Sales Development Representative, Full Stack Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Data Engineer, JavaScript Developer, and Cloud Engineer.

The involvement of more industries, firms, and labor sectors will surely aid the growth process of SHS students. Active participation of the said stakeholders can be foreseen as a sign of better employment opportunities and realistic upskill. Skills education, with regards to competency development, shall then be introduced to the practical and "real-world" requisites of the labor force through direct experience-based insights provided by the sectors to be involved.

With this activity, the supply and demand sides are brought together and are made aware of how each can adjust and improve with the common goal of economically empowering the Filipino youth. Students are upskilled and what they have learned through their basic education is reinforced with more skills training, while the industry sector is made aware of the capacities and potential of the SHS graduates.

It is hoped that through this activity and experience, SHS students gain a greater appreciation for the education and training they have received and become motivated to further equip themselves with skills that will lead them towards career and professional development.

Way Forward

Training SHS students and their teachers in developing their online professional profiles and PDS is just the beginning. The ultimate objective is to have a continuous program for incoming SHS students, this time targeting Grade 10 and 11 learners. By capacitating them early, students will learn to put more value to their education and training because they know these will be included in their resumes, whether digital or not. It will force them to take a look at the direction they are taking as they approach graduation, and to work towards the goals they set for themselves, be it towards tertiary/college education, entrepreneurship, entry-level employment, or further technical skills training.

For the K to 12 programs to succeed, there is a need for a paradigm shift in how learners, teachers, parents, and employers see this new breed of graduating Filipino SHS students. Learners, teachers, and parents need to see SHS students as young adults, gearing to enter the real world and as such, must be provided with all possible tools, skills, and support they need to succeed. Employers, on the other hand, need to view SHS students as skilled workers who are work-ready and-with the proper mentorship, training, and experience-can reach their full potential in the career paths they choose.

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) employ around 65% of the total workforce. To address this, there is a need to educate the chambers of commerce and employers' associations about the benefits of absorbing K to 12 graduates opting to join the workforce.

There is also a need to "re-brand" these new generations of graduates of basic education to remove them from the stigma of the "diploma mill" mentality. More meaningful names for these graduates may help change the mindset, to match the skills and work-readiness of these youth. For starters, we recommend that we do not call them "High School graduates" and instead use strong and more youthful, and work-ready names to mark and establish their completion of a specific SHS track. Offhand, these come to mind: "Academic Apprentice", "Academic Practitioner", "TVL Builder" or "Tech-Voc-Live Specialist", "Agri-Technician" or "Novice in Agri-Fishery" and "Novice in Industrial Arts", "Sports Master", "Sports Scholar", "Digital Artisan", "Digital Technologist".

Next to be carried out-in collaboration with the CI Strand, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and the Business Sector-is the full development and expansion of the SHS Internship and Immersion Program where Grade 11 students are absorbed by DepEd (schools, divisions, regions and central office) and other government agencies; while Grade 12 students will gain work experiences in the private sector. Their internship must have a substantial number of hours of actual hands-on exposure in the workplace, according to the strand they have decided to pursue or in accordance with what the business sector in their areas requires. For two years, learners will have work experiences both in government and in the private sector. Such exposure in the real world will substantiate, if not strengthen further, their employability right after their graduation. It is recommended that this activity for Grades 11-12 learners will be tied to their grading performance linked to the appropriate subject in DepEd's curriculum (e.g., Work Immersion, Empowerment Technologies, Media Information Literacy, English Communication). The alignment of DepEd's future-ready skills curriculum with industry requirements and standards aims to address the real problems being faced today.

Other recommendations are directed towards strengthening the immersion curriculum, where competencies in the curriculum guide need to be aligned with the current situation and regional direction. Revisiting the guidelines on the implementation of the immersion program, particularly partnerships with industry and immersion venues, is also recommended alongside the improvement of monitoring and assessment tools during immersion. Regional advocacy for SHS offerings must be promoted to involve local business sectors in developing a more responsive program for immersion.

Our first step for June 2021 is the introduction and use of LinkedIn for the graduating Grade 12 learners of SY 2020-2021. This will be followed by capacity-building and upskilling sessions to include Grades 10 and 11 learners in the following months.

A paradigm shift and an open and optimistic mind can change the future of our Filipino youth and move towards the success of the Philippine K to 12 basic education program.

For the information of all concerned.
READ MORE: A Guide to Choosing the Right Senior High School Strand Ano ang Kahandaan ng TVL Graduates sa Pagtatrabaho? Senior High School TVL Issues, Concerns and Interventions During COVID-19 Crisis

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Attached is an Aide Memoire from DepEd Undersecretary Alain Del B. Pascua on the Towards Gainful Employment: Bridging the Gap Between SHS Graduates and the Government, Industry, and Business Sectors. The Philippines adopted the K to 12 Basic Education Program in School Year 2012-2013 which includes Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education.

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Title: The voice of Philippine employers on labor and social policy towards the pursuit of national development.

Author: Employers Confederation of the Philippines

Date: unknown

Key Info: This Non-Gov organization aims to advance the employer's interests in all labor, social, and employment issues through proactive engagement and representation at the national, regional, and international levels. The importance of this Non-Gov site is that it recognizes everyone which can also help in our research topic because it aims to help everyone despite no skills, degree, etc.

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The Employers Confederation of the Philippines aims to advance the employers' interests in all labor, social, and employment issues through proactive engagement and representation at the national, regional, and international levels.

The International Labour Organization brings together governments, employers and workers. In the Philippines, ECOP serves as the employers' voice.

Get to know us more!

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The Employers Confederation of the Philippines aims to advance the employers' interests in all labor, social, and employment issues through proactive engagement and representation at the national, regional, and international levels. The International Labour Organization brings together governments, employers and workers. In the Philippines, ECOP serves as the employers' voice.

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12. Data Infographic or Statistics ( Berza )

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URL : https://psa.gov.ph/content/special-release-2022-sustainable-development-goals-sdg-pace-progress-based-1st-round-0

Title : Special Release - 2022 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Pace of Progress based on the 1st Round of Update in the 2022 SDG Watch

Author: Philippine Statistics Authority

Date:  June 29, 2022

Key Info : The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific established the methodology for the SDG pace of progress based on the authorized PSA Board Resolution No. 05, Series of 20201. (UNESCAP). The Current Status Index, which assesses the advancement since the base year, is included in this. By establishing a connection between the progress made since the baseline year and the progress required to reach the targets by 2030, it evaluates the current status of progress. Using indicators with at least two data points and the 2030 numerical target, progress was calculated at the goal level.

On the other hand, performance at the objective and indicator level by 2030 was monitored using the Anticipated Progress Index, which was also created by UNESCAP.

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URL: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2015/03/12/january-2015-employment-figures-show-stronger-ph-jobs-market/

Title: January 2015 employment figures show stronger PH jobs market

Author: National Economic and Development Authority

Date: March 12, 2015

According to the National Economic and Development Authority, the number of unemployed Filipinos decreased drastically in January 2015, providing evidence that the labor market is steadily improving and releasing hopes that higher employment rates will support recent findings of rising incomes for low-income families (NEDA). Hence, these information are connected with our research topic as it reveals all the different employment rates that our nation was facing.

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Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines

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The number of jobless Filipinos fell further in January 2015, showing signs that the country's labor market is continuously improving and fueling hopes that the better employment figures will sustain recent findings of increased incomes of low-income families, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

The January 2015 Labor Force Survey (LFS) revealed that the figures for employment, unemployment, and underemployment all improved during the period.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported today that employment grew by 2.8 percent to 37.5 million from 36.4 million in the same period last year. This means an additional 1.04 million Filipinos employed from January 2014 to January 2015, almost four times the 281,000 jobs generated in the previous year.

"The labor market got a boost from a stronger growth in all sectors mainly driven by services which grew by 3.9 percent, contributing a 766,000 net employment gain in January 2015," said Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan.

Moreover, the unemployment rate in January 2015 declined to 6.6 percent from 7.5 percent in January 2014.

"With employment growing faster at 2.8 percent compared to the labor force growth of 1.8 percent and partly due to the stronger growth of services employment, the number of unemployed went down by 334,000 to 2.6 million during the period," the Cabinet official said.

Notably, all regions posted a decline in unemployment rate during the period. Moreover, unemployment rate among the youth (15-24 years old) dropped to 15.0 percent from 17.3 percent in January 2014.

Likewise, underemployment, which refers to those who are working but wanted more work, went down to 17.5 percent from 19.5 percent a year ago. This translates to a reduction in the number of underemployed workers to 6.5 million in January 2015 from about 7.1 million a year ago.

"For this period, the number of underemployed persons contracted among wage and salary workers, as well as self-employed workers, which possibly means greater availability of more remunerative jobs and more profitable ventures," said Balisacan, who is also NEDA Director-General.

"From employment gains to reductions in unemployment and underemployment, the labor market is becoming robust, and we hope that this will continue and further benefit the poor, especially as the economy grows faster at a higher trajectory," Balisacan added.

Thus, he stressed the importance of ensuring that the gains in employment and income are not eroded by high food prices.

"The recent report on poverty highlighted the impacts of high food prices mostly to low-income families. Our significant strides in poverty reduction through better quality jobs and higher incomes must move forward along with cheaper food prices. Elevated rice prices are of particular concern, as rice takes up about 20 percent of the budget of the poor," said Balisacan.

"Relatedly, the government must continue its efforts to create a more supportive business environment, allowing the private sector to create more and better jobs," he added.

Labor and employment data for the January 2015 LFS round still excluded Region 8, in order to be comparable with the labor and employment data released by the PSA in the January 2014 LFS round. The region suffered from devastation by typhoon Yolanda causing labor displacement and thus no survey was conducted in the area last year. An alternative estimate which excludes Leyte only, rather than the whole Region 8, in the January 2015 LFS round shows little effect on the estimate of the national unemployment rate.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/career-cloud-radio-elevate-your-career-journey/id214060101

Title: Elevate Your Career Journey

Author: Michael Gardon

Date: Aug 2, 2022

Michael Gardon's mission is to help people with their career journey. This podcast is about learning tactical skills for finding and landing the best jobs. This can help people who are unemployed become employed with the guidance of Michael and his journey.

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Entrepreneur Michael Gardon is on a mission to help people get intentional about their career journey, and there's never been a better time to take control. Hear from hiring managers and CEOs at cutting edge firms about what it takes to get ahead. Hear from side hustlers who are building more resilient work lives, and hear from entrepreneurs who invest in themselves in pursuit of a more fulfilled, more sane life. Plus learn tactical skills for finding and landing the best job. Skills like how to write a better resume, better networking, interviewing and communication.

Entrepreneur Michael Gardon is on a mission to help people get intentional about their career journey, and there's never been a better time to take control. Hear from hiring managers and CEOs at cutting edge firms about what it takes to get ahead. Hear from side hustlers who are building more resilient work lives, and hear from entrepreneurs who invest in themselves in pursuit of a more fulfilled, more sane life. Plus learn tactical skills for finding and landing the best job. Skills like how to write a better resume, better networking, interviewing and communication.

Very clear and informative

I enjoyed listening to this podcast. It had very relevant information.

Really enjoyed the interviews!

I listened to the most recent episode with Patrick Tannous and he had some great insight into what it takes to turn a passion project side-hustle into an established business like Tiesta Tea. This episode really grabbed me in as a west-coast tea lover and I can't wait to check out Tiesta the next time I'm visiting Chicago! As a small-business owner, I love learning from other entrepreneurs and Patrick's story was no different. Michael asked thought-provoking questions which allowed Patrick to respond with great detail on his experiences - a true testament to his hosting.

Good intent, awkward follow thru

Justin needs to let his guests speak more. It's really uncomfortable to listen to him dominate the discussion, put words in their mouths, and rephrase their points. I think he means well but after a dozen of these I'm off to the next show.

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‎Career Cloud Radio - Elevate Your Career Journey on Apple Podcasts

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URL: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5kT4QyqB8p9IRpmLpgPSJI

Title: 7 Crucial lessons (the hard way!) from my job hunting experience.

AUTHOR:  Renata Bernade

DATE: January 2020

KEY CONTENT: They concentrate on important lessons from their job search that they had to learn the hard way in this podcast. in order to spare them from having to learn it the hard way. This podcast's objective is to encourage professionals to take things one day at a time and develop new habits that will help them in their careers and at work. This is relevant to our research issue since it provides opportunities for everyone whenever they are ready and allows them to apply any lesson learned to make the job search less challenging.

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15. 7 crucial lessons learned (the hard way!) from my job hunting experience.

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Listen to this episode from The Job Hunting Podcast on Spotify. Hi, I'm Renata Bernarde, the Host The Job Hunting Podcast The aim for this podcast is to help you nail your next job and have the career you want.

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URL: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_kiernan_3_ideas_for_more_effective_job_hunting

Title: 3 Ideas for more effective job hunting

Author: Dan Kiernan

Date: Nov 10, 2020

Dan is a careers coach who is passionate about helping people make good career choices. His lecture is about changing the way you think about job hunting. Instead of thinking of job hunting as something competitive, he suggests that it is more like a learning journey. With Dan’s perspective and approach to job hunting, it can hopefully help others in their careers and increase job opportunities.

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Dan Kiernan: 3 Ideas for more effective job hunting

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Do you want to take the frustration out of job seeking? Frame it as an open-ended learning journey; as a chance to connect and learn from others. Then everything else starts to fall into place.

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Title: EDD19 - Education and employment opportunities for all

Author: EU International Partnerships

Date: Jun 20, 2019

The session discusses how to eliminate barriers to education and job creation by addressing the structural factors that underpin unemployment and sustain inequalities. A Group of individuals helps unemployed people to fulfill their potential, develop, and access decent jobs. Also to promote entrepreneurial capacities to promote long-lasting, inclusive economic growth and social cohesion.

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EDD19 - Education and employment opportunity for all

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17. Webinar or Lecture or TED talk (Berza)

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17. Webinar or Lecture or TED talk (Berza)

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URL : https://www.ilo.org/manila/public/sp/WCMS_761950/lang--en/index.htm
Title : Opening address at the webinar-workshop on decent work in global supply chains
Author : By Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the webinar-workshop on decent work in global supply chains,
Date : 20 November 2020, Manila, Philippines via Zoom

Key Info : As they have produced employment chances for economic and social growth, this manufacturing model has opened up new options for developing nations like the Philippines. However, there is evidence that the dynamics of employment and production within the global economy and in specific supply chains can have a detrimental effect on fair working conditions. It is for this reason that global supply networks are a matter of major interest, significance and concern to ILO.

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By Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the webinar-workshop on decent work in global supply chains, 20 November 2020, Manila, Philippines via Zoom

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URL: https://pidswebs.pids.gov.ph/CDN/PUBLICATIONS/pidsdps2040.pdf

Title: Employability of the Senior High School Graduates

Author: Aniceto C. Orbeta Jr and Maropsil V. Potestad

Date: December 2020

This research paper is about the employability of SHS graduates.

In 2018, the Institute started to test the possibilities of SHS in the labor market by examining the self-assessment of Grade 12 graduates. The study provides a detailed description of both the demand and supply aspects of the emerging SHS graduates in the labor market.

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URL : https://www.globalceoalliance.org/sustainable-development-goals/decent-work-and-economic-growth/

Title : Decent and just employment opportunities for sustainable economic growth

Author : Global Ceo Alliance

Date:  Unknown

Key Info : For those trying to escape extreme poverty, slow economic growth, growing inequality, and a lack of employment prospects present significant challenges. As economic performance affects people's quality of life, stagnant economic growth creates chances for exploitation in the form of forced labor, slavery, and human trafficking. Innovative approaches to improve efficiency and policies that support entrepreneurship, job creation, and equal opportunities for economic growth are needed to boost the world's economies. If it doesn't provide for acceptable work for everyone and productive employment, a vibrant and thriving economy cannot be achieved.

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URL : https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_mas/---program/documents/genericdocument/wcms_755642.pdf
Title : Decent Work Country Program Philippines2020–24
Author : International Labour Organization
Date : December 14 2020

Key Info : The Philippines has been a partner and active member of the International Labor Organization for a long time (ILO). It was one of the nations that set out on a voyage and took part in a pilot project for decent work. As a trailblazer, the Philippines formally embraced "decent labor and productive employment" as a development strategy for equitable growth. As an integrated strategic roadmap for national stakeholders and international partners in support of labor and employment goals and priorities, this engagement will continue for the DWCP's 2020–24 cycle. As a pillar of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017–22 and the United Nations Partnership Framework for Sustainable Development (UN PFSD), the DWCP 2020–24 also contributes to AmBisyon Natin 2040.