| Nicole Paterno | Posted: July 9, 2010 9:53 AM |
 Joined June 5, 2009
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It looks like nursing, IT, education and HRM (hotel restaurant management) have plateaued already. New Labor Department Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz (former POEA Administrator) seems bent on delivering her promise of strengthening homeland employment. Hopefully with the new Aquino administration, the Department of Labor review's the country's national HR policy and see how it can: (1) boost the value of homeland jobs such as in the sector of agriculture (I'm thinking a whole new way of marketing the farmer profession); (2) adjust the compensation of high-level professionals who have decided to pursue public service (i.e. doctors and nurses to the barrios and barangay health centers, lawyers in the public attorney's office, etc.) before pursuing private practice; and (3) take an active stance (or rather spearhead) in promoting brain gain and brain circulation program/s in our country. If Baldoz handled an agency that was responsible for deploying people out the Philippines, perhaps she should try a reverse movement and entice our countrymen to come back as she delivers on her promise/s of increasing domestic employment at all levels. ============================= Nursing out, agribusiness in as top job generatorPhilippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Nursing is out, agribusiness is in. Students who want to land local jobs easily after graduation should take note of the country’s key employment generators in the next five to 10 years, the Department of Labor and Employment said. The Labor Department said agribusiness topped the list of key employment generators in its study of the labor market in various regions in the next five to 10 years. Other industries that will demand labor in the near future include: cyberservices, health and wellness, hotel and restaurant, medical tourism, mining, construction, finance, manufacturing, real estate, transport and logistics, retail, and overseas work. Emerging industries in the country in next 10 years are creative industries, strategic farming and fishing, power and utilities and renewable energy, according to the Labor department’s Project JobsFit study. ‘Hard to fill’ jobs Criselda Sy, director for local labor, said discussions with various industries showed that these sectors have “hard to fill in demand posts.” She noted that the four most popular college courses—nursing, information technology, education, and hotel and restaurant management—do not respond to the need of the local communities. Sy said Filipino students have no idea of competitive courses to take in college, which has led to surpluses and a mismatch in skills. As such, the Labor department is urging a review of the Philippines’ education curriculum to address the jobs mismatch and introduce students to other job opportunities. Labor officials said the curriculum was no longer responsive to the needs of the labor market. Labor Undersecretary Romeo Lagman said schools should review their curriculum and steer their students toward key employment generators. “We have to start an intensified career guidance program starting in third year high school and this should include gender awareness, current work practices, and potential opportunities for both technical-vocational and college courses to ensure that students make effective career choices,” Lagman said. |
| Kriszia Vengua | Posted: August 1, 2010 11:49 PM |
 Joined December 16, 2008
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One thing to note is that parents should be included in this planning. Often, parents decide what courses their children should take, because it has the potential for earning more money via going abroad. It's especially true in the low to lower middle class families who have the opportunity to send their children to school. There's also a lot of great technologies available in agribusiness, but most of them are still beyond the reach of the average Filipino farmer. I also hope that people respect those in the agricultural profession as they would a doctor or a lawyer. Perception plays a big role in how people carve out their dreams. |
