Topic: 18 percent of unemployed Filipinos are college graduates

[Rockford]

18 percent of unemployed Filipinos are college graduates

MANILA, Philippines - At least 18 percent of unemployed in the country today are college graduates, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).

The NSO has reported that in January 2013 alone, 608,000 people were added to the labor force. However, the number of employed increased only by 606,000, meaning another 2,000 were added to the ranks of the unemployed.

Speaking at a recent forum organized by the Ayala Foundation Inc. at the Ayala Museum in Makati City, Socio-economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the figures point to a disturbing high rate of unemployment among college graduates.

“The rate of unemployment is very high among college graduates, which partly reflects a mismatch between what is produced by schools and what is required by the market. This also shows that there is insufficient conversation between the schools and the firms,” Balisacan, who is also director general of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), said.

He said stronger support from the private sector is needed in the creation of sustainable jobs to improve the lives of Filipinos.

The government admits that stronger coordination with academe and the private business community will help the country address the unemployment problem, he added.

The NEDA director general said the government is focused on providing a catalytic mechanism for the private sector to create more jobs. This is because government resources are limited, with competing demands from various sectors such as health, education, infrastructure, and national security, among others.

Balisacan said government actions should not substitute for the actions of the private sector. The state should not attempt to solve the unemployment problem with a band-aid solution to create jobs, he said.

He added the government is looking into expanding employment opportunities in several priority sectors, including agribusiness, manufacturing, tourism, information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO), housing, infrastructure, and logistics.

“These opportunities can be enhanced by increasing the employability of new job entrants through proper and sufficient training. But higher education institutions must also be encouraged to foster tie-ups with businesses and industries, aside from the government,” Balisacan said.

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[Idiot]

puro scholarship ang inaatupag ng mga politiko

di sila naglalagay ng budget for creation ng work opportunities 

[Belphegor]

*taas kamay*
college degree holder + civil service sub and pro exam passer = eto nganga hahahaha

[cloaker]

Sa tingin ko dapat baguhin talaga yung mga qualifications gaya ng age, educational attainment, yung 1yr o higit pang experience na hinahanap, pleasing personality, height. Dyan kasi nadadali yung ibang mga nag-aaply eh. Aaminin ko isa ako sa mga hindi matanggap-tanggap dahil sa mga qualification na sinulat ko hehe.

[-=Kurabo=-]

factor din ang mga eskwelahan kasi may mga eskwelahan na basta lang tumubo na kabute at basta masabihan may nakagraduate lalo na yung mga eskwelahan na sandamakmak sa advertisement pero yung nagendorse never naman dun nagaral, which makes you wonder why?

[wildgang_10]

Problem satin kasi over populated na, kaya hinde maiwasan na madaming qualifications na hinahanap!

nowadays bagger na lang sa grocery pati na janitorial jobs eh kailangan college level ka.. sa mga ibang fast food /restaurants requirement yung with pleasing personality, eh paanu nman gagawin kung hinde patay  na!

Not to mention may mga ibang company ang tinitingnan nila is yung school mo, at kailangan maganda rin ang school records, paanu kung marami ka pang bagsak inay ko po!

Advantage pa rin ang mga applicant na may "LOOKS" Madaming company na yan ang tinitingnan lalo na pag office and most important someone na mag papasok sau na may mataas na position as in "BACKER" which is very common practice lalo na sa Pilipinas.

karamihan din kasi sa atin kung anu lang yung mauso, kaya nag overflow yung mga graduates more than sa demand.

[Idiot]

nasan na dito

yung nagsabi na lumakas ang piso e mararamdaman na ang ginhawa


tama baguhin ang mga qualifications

minsan e kailangan may experience kaagad di porke't wala kang experience wala kang alam puro BPO halos lahat ng trabaho di mo din magagamit ang pinag-aralan mo anong sense pa ng bachelor degree kung BPO din ang bagsak

[maniac2999]

I wonder kung ilang porsyento naman sa mga may trabaho ang Underemployed, sometimes we must focus on the quality and not the quantity alone, else puro dead-end jobs mangyayari sa pinas, lalala sitwasyon natin in the future.

[cloaker]

I wonder kung ilang porsyento naman sa mga may trabaho ang Underemployed, sometimes we must focus on the quality and not the quantity alone, else puro dead-end jobs mangyayari sa pinas, lalala sitwasyon natin in the future.

Syempre kelangan din talaga may quality pero sobrang "concentrated" yung screening. Salang-sala talaga eh. Minsan kasi sa mismong work mo makikita yung potential nung aplikante. Saloobin ko lang naman to.

[Idiot]

oo nga mga underemployed di pa sila kasali
ito yung mga contractual sa mga malls na 5 months lang ata

[maniac2999]

oo nga mga underemployed di pa sila kasali
ito yung mga contractual sa mga malls na 5 months lang ata

pwede silang isali , pero I'm mostly talking about yung mga registered nurses, engineers, etc. , yung may mga college degrees in general na nasa work na wala sa specialization nila

[CHILO20]

Sobrang hirap talaga nang buhay lahat tayo apektado na nito, tumataas na din competence sa paghahanap nang ttrabaho

[Type_One]

like what they sat - "It's not what you know, but Who you know". Well the sad truth is that. But i think some chunk of that 18% are also those whom mommy and daddy feeds and still get allowances...lazy enough to find a freakin job.

[Idiot]

like what they sat - "It's not what you know, but Who you know". Well the sad truth is that. But i think some chunk of that 18% are also those whom mommy and daddy feeds and still get allowances...lazy enough to find a freakin job.

they can get a job naman e 5 months as a contractual employees after that they will use their salary to find another job again

for 4 years naghahanap ako ng trabaho lagi di ako qualified
1. okay ang exams
2. pagdating sa interview nurse ka pala it seems you are not qualified sir yun lang di na tinanong anong macontribute sa company or paano mo mapapayaman ang company wala
 
sa hospital e volunteer ka lang ikaw na nagababyad wala kang sahod di pa credited for abroad

punta ka sa job fair ang daming naghahanap ng trabaho eventhough isa or dalawa or lima lang ang kailangan sa isang company nakapila kayo almost a hundred applicants

di katamaran yun wala lang silang tamang oppurtunidad

at sa news ngayon e may rumor na nag-aalisan ang ibang foreign investor sa pinas therefore mababawasan ang employment opportunities