Fresh graduates within the nation are likely to lack “soft skills” and job readiness, and are extremely susceptible to scams, a latest report of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) confirmed.
The CHR state of affairs report seemed into the state of affairs of the youth in school-to-work transition, in addition to their experiences within the context of the implementation of the Okay to 12 program, and COVID-19 pandemic.
It mentioned the brand new graduates expertise “culture shock” upon coming into the office as a result of “their expectations are different from what they were taught at school.”
It additionally confirmed that some failed to regulate to their work, including that “they decided to resign but have a hard time being hired again.”
The prime points noticed among the many first two years of Okay to 12 graduates are associated to communication expertise, working as a staff, and important pondering, in accordance with the report.
“Another employer participant comments that their company is particular on the soft skills of fresh graduates during their recruitment process, making them undergo a behavioral exam conducted by registered psychometricians from which they also based their interview questions because they have observed that technical skills are easier taught than soft skills or those related to empathy, creativity, resilience, and communication skills,” it said.
“These issues are heightened and even augmented by the circumstances brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as working from home or losing one’s job and finding another one only when the market re-opens,” it added.
The report additionally mentioned that newly graduates have been susceptible to being scammed and led by faux job postings as extra on-line job posting platforms and web sites have emerged.
“However, no one, including the government and its agencies, monitors and checks these online job platforms, making job seekers, especially first-time applicants and new graduates, vulnerable to being scammed and led by fake job postings,” the report mentioned.
The CHR report mentioned one other concern of those that graduated in the course of the pandemic was their lack of job readiness since all their on-the-job coaching was accomplished on-line.
It added that since a lot of the expertise they discovered on-line couldn’t be translated into precise apply.
The fee, citing an employer participant, additionally mentioned that one of many prime problems with employers in recruiting contemporary graduates shouldn’t be exhibiting up for his or her scheduled interviews with out prior discover.
On the opposite hand, newly graduates who’re searching for jobs complained about not receiving any report concerning their utility standing from employers, the report mentioned.
Recommendations
The CHR prompt that the nationwide authorities, via the involved businesses and state universities, should kind partnerships with industries and personal sectors in order that college students and graduates might be simply linked to job alternatives.
The fee mentioned the federal government should work with establishments to offer correct coaching for the youth earlier than coming into the labor drive, particularly those that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
It additionally really helpful that extra monetary or logistical assist, from both the federal government or faculties, might be given to college students who’re searching for work.
The CHR additionally suggested the Department of Education (DepEd), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Commission on Higher Education, universities, and schools to conduct a complete analysis of the Okay to 12 program and its first few years of implementation and think about the competency of school and sources.
It mentioned that psychological and psychological well being packages for college students and college should even be strengthened.
“Empower the youth with the ability to build competencies in life and work, particularly their soft skills such as communication, working with a team, and resilience, and provide them with more opportunities to be connected with the stakeholders in their current field of work,” the CHR mentioned.
“Develop bridging programs for those whose on-the-job training has been done online to allow them to practice hands-on the skills they had learned before going to their places of work,” it mentioned.
The fee additionally added that native authorities items ought to work with the DepEd and metropolis growth programming to maintain observe of learners after senior highschool.
”Doon sa mga residence, graduate na hindi head to head. Pero hindi mo masisi. It’s solely pure, frequent sense na pag nagpipili yung mga magha-hire ay pipiliin nila siyempre yung palagay nila basta most certified. Eh sa order of precedence, mahuhuli sila,” ECOP president Sergio Ortiz Luis mentioned in Cedric Castillo’s “24 Oras” report on Wednesday.
(Those who graduated on-line and didn’t conduct head to head courses. But you possibly can’t blame them, it is solely pure, it’s normal sense that when the staff are making a selection, they’ll after all select the one they assume are essentially the most certified. In order of precedence, those that graduated on-line have been these final in line.)
However, Management Association of the Philippines governor-in-charge Cielito Habito mentioned that newly graduates have to persevere and take their very own initiative.
“Young people can actually do it through their own initiatives by coming together as groups, as friends, and trying to in effect train themselves in these soft skills,” Habito mentioned.—LDF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
