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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Vol. 2 No. 1

Demand and Supply of Workers fromDOLE Administrative Records: First Quarter 2012

For the 1st quarter of 2012, the local manpower requirements showed a tremendous increase of 73.9% based on the to-

tal number of job vacancy postings culled from PHIL-JobNet. Opposite with the local, a decrease of 1.9% was observed

for overseas demand based on the number of approved job orders for land-based workers from the Philippine Overseas

Employment Administration (POEA), as compared with the same quarter of 2011 data.

Except for the decreases of 3.1%, and 0.4% in PHIL- JobNet’s registered applicants and the Technical Education and Skills

Development Authority’s (TESDA) overall assessment rate of workers from various sectors, respectively, an upward trend

was observed in labor supply for the 1st quarter of 2012 as compared to the same quarter of 2011. Graduates of Over-

seas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) programs and services on education and training increased by 4.6%. The

National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) has an increased number of certificates issued to trained seafarers by 19% while

the number of licensed professionals at Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) registered an irregular trend due to

the ongoing data cleansing to reflect and capture live data on registered professionals.

Business Expectation Survey (BES) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed a 7% decrease in the overall business

confidence index for the 1st quarter 2012, as compared with the figure in the same quarter of 2011, indicating that the

survey respondents have more positive outlook in the overall business activity in the economy during the 1st quarter of

the previous year.

I. MANPOWER DEMANDI. MANPOWER DEMAND

A. Vacancies on PHIL-JobNet

The PHIL-JobNet posted an average total of 86,535

vacancies for the period of January to March 2012,

exhibiting an increase of 7.2% from the vacancies of

80,693 in the 4th quarter of 2011. Majority of the de-

mand consisted mostly of job openings for Clerks; Trades

and Related Workers; Laborers and Unskilled Workers;

Professionals; and Service Workers and Shop and Market

Sales Worker, whose combined figures accounted for

77.9% of the total vacancy figure. The remaining 22.1%

was distributed among Plant and Machine Operatorsand Assemblers; Technicians and Associate Profession-

als; Officials of Government and Special Interest Organi-

zation, Corporate Executives, Managers, Managing Pro-

prietors and Supervisors; Special Occupations; and

www.phil-job.net

The Labor Market Monitor is a quarterly publication of the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) that tracks the changes in the supply and demand for professionals,

skilled and unskilled workers as viewed from administrative data generated by DOLE agencies involved in skills training and c ertification, professional regulation,

employment facilitation, and overseas employment. This is a collaborative undertaking of the DOLE family of agencies (TESDA, POEA, OWWA, PRC, MTC, ILAB,

BLES and BLE), to integrate in one publication key performance indicators on labor market supply and demand. It also captures critical and emerging occupa-

tions for the purpose of labor market signaling and as basis for timely and meaningful policy and program interventions.

July 2012

TABLE 1 - Job Vacancies by Major Occupational

Group: 1st Quarter 2012

Major Occupational GroupMajor Occupational Group Ave. No. ofAve. No. of

VacanciesVacancies

%%

ShareShare Clerks 19,925 23.0

Trades & Related Workers 15,463 17.9

Laborers & Unskilled Workers 12,267 14.2

Professionals 10,145 11.7

Service Workers & Shop & Market

Sales Workers9,614 11.1

Plant & Machine Operators &

Assemblers7,055 8.2

Technicians & Assoc. Professionals 8,308 9.6

Officials of Government and Special

-Interest Organizations, Corporate

Executives, Managers , Managing

Proprietors and Supervisors

3,446 4.0

Special Occupations 294 0.3

Farmers, Forestry Workers &

Fishermen18 0.0

TOTAL 86,535 100

Source: DOLE-BLE PHIL-JobNet Database.

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Local

73.9%

Overseas

26.1%

LABOR MARKET MONITOR - FIRST QUARTER 2012

Job openings for Call Center Agents had been on top

of the list for the past four (4) years, indicating the con-

tinuous expansion of the business activities of the BPO

industry in the country.

In 2011, it was also observed that vacancies for occu-

pations such as domestic helper, production machine

operator, electrician and production/factory worker

were consistently on the top ten list. Areas of deploy-

ment for these occupations are the Middle East, US,

Europe, and Asian countries.

B. Overseas Demand Based on

Approved Job Orders

Demand for Land-Based Workers

A total of 200,010 active job orders were approved

during the 1st quarter of 2012. The bulk of these over-

seas job openings were for Service Workers (44.2%),

Production & Related Workers (34.0%), and Profes-

sional Technical & Related Workers (14.8%).

TABLE 3 - Approved Job Orders by Major Skills Group:

1st Quarter 2012

Of the total approved job orders, 47,825 or 23.9% were

processed, leaving a balance of 152,185 or 76.1% un-filled job orders.

Major SkillMajor Skill Number ofNumber of

Job OrdersJob Orders

%%

ShareShare

Administrative & Managerial

Workers755 0.4

Agricultural Animal Husbandry &

Poultry Workers, Fishermen &

Hunters

833 0.4

Clerical & Related

Workers6,697 3.4

Production & Related Workers 67,981 34.0

Professional Technical & Related

Workers29,638 14.8

Sales Workers 3,515 1.8

Service Workers 88,318 44.2

Others (NEC) 2,273 1.1

TOTAL 200,010 100.0

Source: POEA.

FIGURE 1 - Total Vacancies Posted by Location of

Deployment: 1st Quarter 2012

Postings for local vacancies outnumbered that of

overseas job openings, accounting for 73.9% of the

total vacancies reported during the reference period.

Top 10 Vacancies

Of the various vacancies posted by different

employers on the PHIL-JobNet, the following occupa-

tions were on the top ten list accounting for 29.8% ofthe average job vacancies posted:

Of the top 10 vacancies, 91.6% were for local employ-

ment while 8.4% were for overseas.

LocationLocation Number ofNumber of

VacanciesVacancies % Share% Share

Local 63,949 73.9

Overseas 22,586 26.1

TOTAL 86,535 100.0


TABLE 2 - Top 10 Vacancies by Occupation:

1st Quarter 2012

OccupationOccupation LocalLocal OverseasOverseas

1. Call Center Agent 9,961 0

2. Domestic Helper 2,892 0

3. Production Machine Operator 1,761 425

4. Electrician 2,059 0

5. Technical Support Staff 1,869 0

6. Production/Factory Worker 1,700 0

7. Carpenter 591 938

8. Service Crew 831 506

9. Merchandiser 972 297

10. Welder 1,024 0


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Among the occupations that remained unfilled, the

following were on top of the list:

TABLE 4 - Top Ten Unfilled Job Orders

by Occupation/Skill: 1st Quarter 2012

Occupations/skills which consistently remained on the

top 10 list of unfilled job orders for the past two quar-

ters were Domestic Helpers; Production & Related

Workers (NEC); Professional Nurses; Plumbers and Pipe

Fitters; Wiremen Electrical; Welders and Flame Cutters;

and Cooks & Related Workers. The required supply

were mostly for the Middle East markets. There is also a

demand for nurses in the United States of America, the

United Kingdom, and Canada. Meanwhile, job open-

ings for Production Workers were concentrated in Tai-

wan and Korea.

Demand for Sea-Based Workers

The total deployment of sea-based workers for 2010

was 347,150, registering a 5.06% increase from 2009

(330,424), and a 32.7% increase from 2008 (261,614).

Occupation/SkillOccupation/Skill

Number ofNumber of

Unfilled JobUnfilled JobOrdersOrders

Domestic Helpers & Related Household

Workers57,653

Production and Related Workers (NEC) 11,192

Professional Nurses 7,234

Waiters Bartenders and Related Workers 7,112

Charworkers Cleaners and Related

Workers5,516

Wiremen Electrical 5,300

Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 4,962

Welders and Flame-Cutters 4,265

Cooks and Related Workers 4,185

Laborers/Helpers General 3,365

NEC - not elsewhere classified.

Source: POEA.

C. Prospective Overseas Demand

Based on POLO Intelligence

Reports

The Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs)

reported a continuous demand for Overseas Filipino

Workers (OFWs) in the Middle East Region, particularly

in the construction and service sectors. The skills

requirements in the said foreign markets remained

relatively the same with the previous year.

TABLE 5 - Prospective Overseas Requirements for 2012

Major Occu-Major Occu-

pationalpational

CategoryCategory

Industry/Sector/SkillsIndustry/Sector/Skills

RequirementRequirement

Countries ofCountries of

DestinationDestination

Administrative

and Manage-rial workers

Assistant manager,

general manager,project manager

(construction),

operations manager,

production manager

United Arab

Emirates, PapuaNew Guinea,

Saudi Arabia, Ku-

wait, Qatar,

Oman, Singapore,

Bahrain, Malaysia

Agricultural

Animal

Husbandry

and Forestry

Workers

Nursery worker and

gardener, general farm

worker, specialized

farmer, husbandry

agricultural and animal

worker

Japan, Saudi

Arabia, United

Arab Emirates, Ma-

laysia, Cyprus,

Qatar, Canada,

Oman, New Zea-

land, Australia

Clerical and

related work-

ers

Clerk, Receptionist,

travel agency clerk,

bookkeeper, cashier,

stock clerk, stenogra-

phers typist and tele-

typist, filing clerk, ma-

chine operator auto-

matic/electronic data

processor

United Arab Emir-

ates, Kuwait, Saudi

Arabia, Qatar,

Bahrain, Oman,

Macau, Malaysia,

Singapore

Production

and related

workers

Wireman electrical,

plumber and pipefitter,

welder and flame

cutter, laborer/helpergeneral, carpenter

joiners and parquetry

worker, machine fitter,

machine assembler,

precision instrument

maker, production

supervisor, general fore-

man, operator earth-

moving and related

machinery, structural

and metal preparer and

erector, bricklayer,

mason and tile setter,

driver motor-vehicle,construction worker,

rigger and cable splicer

Saudi Arabia,

United Arab Emir-

ates, Qatar,

Taiwan, Kuwait,Papua New

Guinea, Australia,

Canada, Malaysia,

Singapore, Japan,

Oman, Bahrain,

Brunei, Angola,

East Timor, Guam,

Iran, Libya,

Equatorial Guinea,

Sri Lanka, Eritrea,

New Caledonia

www.poea.gov.ph


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Prospective Overseas Requirements (cont’d)

Major Oc-Major Oc-

cupationalcupational

CategoryCategory

Industry/Sector/SkillsIndustry/Sector/Skills

RequirementRequirement

Countries ofCountries of

DestinationDestination

Professional,

Technicaland related

workers

Professional Nurse,

electrical and elec-tronic engineering tech-

nician, mechanical

engineering technician,

physiotherapist, occu-

pational therapist, elec-

trical and electronic

engineer, medical den-

tal and veterinary re-

lated worker, civil engi-

neer, mechanical tech-

nician, teacher, medi-

cal x-ray technician,

surveyor, geodetic engi-

neer, metallurgicaltechnician

Saudi Arabia,

United ArabEmirates, Qatar,

Libya, Kuwait, Sin-

gapore, United

States, Malaysia,

Oman, Bahrain,

South Korea,

Papua New

Guinea, Japan,

Australia, Hong

Kong, Taiwan,

Brunei

Sales and

related work-

ers

Salesman shop assistant

and demonstrator, sales

worker (nec), buyer,

salesman business ser-

vice, salesman techni-

cal and service adviser,

sales manager, sales

supervisor, street vendor

and canvasser, news

vendor, insurance real

estate securities busi-

ness services salesman,

salesman technical

commercial traveler

United Arab

Emirates, Kuwait,

Qatar, Saudi

Arabia, Oman,

Bahrain,

Singapore, Jordan,

Malaysia, Austra-

lia, Papua New

Guinea

Service and

related

workers

Domestic helper and

related household work-

ers, waiters bartender

and related worker,

charworker cleaner and

related worker, cook

and related worker,

service worker, care-

giver and caretaker,

housekeeping and

related service worker,protective service

worker (NEC), hair

dresser, barber and re-

lated worker cook

waiter bartender and

related worker, care-

taker building, supervi-

sor housekeeping and

related services

United Arab

Emirates, Kuwait,

Qatar, Hiong

Kong, Saudi

Arabia, Singapore,

Malaysia, Bahrain,

Oman, Cyprus,

Taiwan, Brunei,

Jordan, Israel,

Canada

Note: NEC - not elsewhere classified.

Sources: POLOs and POEA.

II.II. MANPOWER SUPPLYMANPOWER SUPPLY

A. Registered Professionals

As of the 1st Quarter of 2012, the cumulative total of

professionals registered with the PRC stood at

3,229,047.

The top 10 professions consisted the following:

TABLE 6 - Top 10 Registered Professionals at PRC:

1st Quarter 2012

Professional Teacher was on top of the list accounting

for 35.0% of the total number of registered profession-

als, followed by Nurse with 23.3%, and Midwife with

5.2%.

Of the top ten professions, five (5) belong to the

health professional group, namely: Nurse, Midwife,Physician, Pharmacist, and Medical Technologist. The

other two (2) belong to the Engineering group and

these are Civil Engineer and Mechanical Engineer.

ProfessionProfession

Number ofNumber of

RegisteredRegistered

ProfessionalsProfessionals

% Share% Share

1. Professional Teacher 1,130,785 35.0

2. Nurse 751,019 23.3

3. Midwife 168,417 5.2

4. Accountancy 143,232 4.4

5. Civil Engineer 122,757 3.8

6. Physician 114,073 3.5

7. Mechanical Engineer 78,296 2.4

8. Criminologist 65,560 2.0

9. Pharmacist 60,404 1.9

10. Medical Technologist 58,268 1.8

Source: PRC.


www.prc.gov.ph

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www.phil-job.net

B. Applicants Registered on

PHIL-JobNet

On the average, 10,824 job applicants were registered

at the PHIL-JobNet during the first quarter of 2012. This

was lower by 3.1% than the average number of

registered applicants (11,166) in the same quarter in

previous year.

Majority of the registrants were Clerks (24.4%), Service

Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers (18.4%),

Professionals (16.3%) and Laborers and Unskilled Work-

ers (15.0%) making up the 74.1% of the total registrants.

TABLE 7 - PHIL-JobNet Registered Applicants

by Major Skill: 1st Quarter 2012

The top ten occupations in terms of the average num-

ber of registered applicants which accounted for 35%

of the total registrants in 1st quarter of 2012 are shown

in Table 8.

Major Skill/Occupational GroupMajor Skill/Occupational Group

Ave. No. ofAve. No. of

RegisteredRegistered

ApplicantsApplicants% Share% Share

Clerks 2,644 24.4

Service Workers and Shop and

Market Sales Workers

1,993 18.4

Professionals 1,760 16.3

Laborers & Unskilled Workers 1,627 15.0

Technicians & Assoc.

Professionals

1,011 9.3

Trades and Related Workers 703 6.5

Plant & Machine Operators & As-

semblers

569 5.3

Officials of Government & Special

Interest Organizations, Corpo-

rate Exec., Managers, Managing

Proprietors and Supervisors

485 4.5

Farmers, Forestry Workers &

Fishermen

23 0.2

Special Occupations 9 0.1

TOTAL 10,824 100.0


OccupationOccupation Number ofNumber of

RegistrantsRegistrants

1. Production /Factory Worker 676

2. Service Crew 538

3. Professional Nurse 508

4. Cashier 442

5. Sales Clerk 375

6. Data encoder 330

7. Office Clerk 284

8. Production Machine Operator 230

9. Salesman/Saleslady 223

10. Waiter/Waitress 182


TABLE 8 - Top 10 PHIL-JobNet Registrants

by Occupation: 1st Quarter 2012

C. TESDA Assessed and Certified

Workers

During the reference period, a total of 161,667 workers

were assessed and 136,370 workers were certified by

TESDA registering an overall assessment rate of 84.4%.

Classified by sector, the top ten assessed and certified

workers were distributed as follows:

TABLE 9 - Assessed and Certified Workers by Sector:1st Quarter 2012

SectorSector AssessedAssessed CertifiedCertified

Certifi-Certifi-

cationcation

RateRate

Tourism 47,612 41,797 87.8%

Health, Social & Other

Community Dev’t.

Services (HSCDS)

41,696 38,338 91.9%

ICT 15,332 8,467 55.2%

Automotive 14,000 11,123 79.5%

Maritime 10,908 9,896 90.7%

Metals and Engineering 8,549 7,304 85.4%

Construction 8,691 7,667 88.2%

Electronics 7,570 5,387 71.2%

Processed Food 2,254 2,119 94.0%

HVAC/R 1,356 1,041 76.8%

Source: TESDA.

www.tesda.gov.ph


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The biggest number of workers assessed and certified

belong to the Tourism sector. While the sectors that reg-

istered the two (2) highest certification rates were the

Processed Food sector with a certification rate of 94.0%;

and Health, Social and Development Services sector

with 91.9%.

D. Graduates of OWWA Programs and

Services on Education and Training

As of the 1st quarter of 2012 , a total of 40,171

beneficiaries graduated under the short-term

courses, college degrees and elementary/high school

programs of the OWWA, posting a 4.6% increase from

38,395 graduates in the same quarter of 2011.

TABLE 10 - Number of Graduates on Education & Training

Programs: 1st Quarter 2012

Majority or 77.0% of the graduates on all Education

and Training Programs were beneficiaries of the short-

term course on Language Training and Culture Famili-

arization, followed by Computer Literacy (Microsoft

Tulay Project), and by Seafarer’s Upgrading Program

(SUP) with 14.2% and 5.4%, respectively.

E. Maritime Training Courses

For the 1st quarter of 2012, the NMP issued 4,800 train-

ing certificates to Filipino merchant marine officers,

ratings, cadets, maritime faculties, trainers, and other

personnel in the maritime industry. Included in these

training were STCW Courses (Deck, Engine, Radio

Communication, Passenger and Tanker Courses, and

Safety, Security & Medical Courses), EnvironmentalProtection & Maritime Allied Courses, Professional De-

velopment Courses, and Faculty Development

Courses.

TABLE 11 - Number of Training Certificates Issued by

National Maritime Polytechnic: 1st Quarter 2012

F. Business Expectation Survey (BES)

for 2nd Quarter 2012

The BES is a quarterly survey of leading firms drawn

from the Securities and Exchange Commission's top7,000 Corporations conducted nationwide since 2003.

www.owwa.gov.ph

Program/ServiceProgram/Service No. ofNo. of

GraduatesGraduates

Short-Term Courses 39,624

Skills for Employment Scholarship Pro-

gram (SESP)786

Seafarer's Upgrading Program (SUP) 2,184

Microsoft Tulay Project (OWWA IT

Program) 5,713

Language & Culture Familiarization 30,941

College Degrees (4 to 5 years) 547

Educational for Dev't Scholarship Pro-

gram (EDSP)4

OFW Dependent Scholarship (OFWDSP) 6

Education cum Livelihood Assistance

for children and surviving spouse/next-

of-kin (NOK) of deceased OFWs

535

Congressional Migrant Workers Schol-

arship Program2

Total Graduates 40,171

Source: OWWA.

www.mtc.gov.ph

Program/ActivityProgram/Activity AccomplishmentAccomplishment

1. Conduct of Marine Training

Courses

4,800 training cer-

tificates issued

2. Number of seafarers/trainees2,275 seafarers

trained

Source: NMP.

www.nmp.gov.ph


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Business outlook on the economy continues to im-

prove in 2nd quarter of 2012. The confidence index for

2nd quarter 2012 rose to 44.5% from 40.5% in the first

quarter of 2012. This indicates that more businesses are

optimistic about the country’s economic prospectscompared to the previous year .

FIGURE 2 - Overall Business Confidence

by Quarter: 2011-2012

Source: BSP - BES

Respondents cited the following factors for their more

optimistic outlook: (a) increase in orders and new con-

tracts/projects leading to higher volume of produc-tion; (b) expansion of business and new product lines;

(c) increase in government spending; and (d) sea-

sonal uptick in demand during summer and the enroll-

ment and harvest seasons. Also contributing to busi-

ness’ improved sentiment were the prevailing favor-

able macroeconomic conditions, such as lower inter-

est rates and manageable inflation, as well as, steady

growth of overseas Filipinos’ remittances that contrib-

ute to a healthy external payments position. The senti-

ment of business in the Philippines mirrored the im-

proved business outlook globally, particularly in the US,

Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Korea,

and Singapore.

www.bsp.gov.ph

Technical Notes:

Averages are computed using the three

monthly figures of the reference quarter.

Details may not add up to totals due to round-

ing off.


47.5%

31.8% 34.1%

38.7% 40.5%

44.5%

0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

2011 2012

EDITORIAL BOARDEDITORIAL BOARD

Dir. Criselda R. Sy - BLE

Dir. Noel Villaflor - TESDA

Dir. Nimfa De Guzman - POEA

Dir. Vivian Tornea - OWWA

Mr. Manuel Laopao - BLES

Ms. Ruth R. Rodriguez - BLE

TECHNICAL COMMITTEETECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Mr. Paul P. Cabatic - BLE

Ms. Rio Fe G. del Valle - BLE

CONTRIBUTORSCONTRIBUTORS

Mr. Edwinpole Divinagracia - ILAB

Ms. Ma. Elvira Ador - OWWA

Ms. Grace Marie Ayaso - NMP

Ms. Perla D. Sayana - PRC

Mr. Everos Evangelista - POEA

Mr. Gilbert Guerrero - MTC

Ms. Lourdes Castante - TESDA

The Labor Market Monitor is a quarterlypublication of the Bureau of Local

Employment which contains informationderived from the PHIL-JobNet and various

government agencies and offices.

For comments and/or queries, you may sendan e-mail to [email protected]

or call 527-2543 and 527-2539.

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