DOLE to ask businesses for info on manpower requirements

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Saturday mentioned it could ask companies to offer info on their manpower necessities in order that it may take motion to enhance the employability of Okay–12 graduates.

“Ang aming gusto sanang resulta ng aming konsultasyon sa mga business organization, bigyan kami ng advance na impormasyon. Para kapag nakita namin ang kanilang manpower requirements, makagawa kami ng intervention,” Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma mentioned in a Dobol B TV interview.

(We hope that our consultations with business organizations will result in them offering us with info prematurely so that when we examine their manpower necessities, we are able to make interventions.)

For now, Laguesma mentioned the DOLE will assist college students improve their abilities and strengthen its market info system in order that they have entry to corporations providing jobs.

On Wednesday, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) admitted that contemporary graduates and those that completed the Okay–12 program have been on the decrease finish of employers’ hiring priorities.

ECOP president Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. mentioned that corporations prioritize workers they laid off through the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He additionally mentioned that companies want candidates with faculty levels and in depth work expertise.

Laguesma mentioned that whereas some corporations could want to rent graduates with faculty levels, the job {qualifications} shouldn’t be discriminatory. — Jamil Santos/VBL, GMA Integrated News

Source: www.gmanetwork.com