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Department <strong>of</strong> Labor <strong>and</strong> Employment<br />
Bureau <strong>of</strong> Local Employment<br />
Manila, Philippines<br />
VOL. VI No.1<br />
A PROFILE OF JOB VACANCIES AND JOBSEEKERS<br />
AT THE PHIL-JOBNET<br />
First Quarter 2011<br />
PHIL-JOBNET is <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficial <strong>job</strong> website <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Philippine government. It aims to fast-track <strong>the</strong> search <strong>of</strong> <strong>job</strong>seekers for available<br />
<strong>job</strong> opportunities, as well as employers’ search for manpower needs. Registered employers, companies <strong>and</strong> agencies can post <strong>vacancies</strong><br />
for <strong>the</strong>ir manpower requirements in <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet for free. For <strong>job</strong>seekers, it is an avenue to register <strong>and</strong> post a personal copy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
resumes for accessibility to interested employers.<br />
VACANCIES POSTED<br />
For <strong>the</strong> first three months <strong>of</strong> 2011, an average <strong>of</strong> 49,793 <strong>job</strong><br />
<strong>vacancies</strong>, for both local <strong>and</strong> overseas employment were posted <strong>at</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet. As shown in Figure 1, most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>vacancies</strong> posted<br />
were for local <strong>job</strong> openings.<br />
FIGURE 1 - Percentage Share <strong>of</strong> Vacancies Posted <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Phil-Jobnet by Loc<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> Vacancy: 1st Quarter 2011<br />
67.9%<br />
32.1%<br />
Farmers, Forestry Workers <strong>and</strong><br />
Fishermen - -<br />
Trade <strong>and</strong> Rel<strong>at</strong>ed Workers 5,617 11.3<br />
Plant <strong>and</strong> Machine Oper<strong>at</strong>ors<br />
<strong>and</strong> Assemblers 4,044 8.1<br />
Laborers <strong>and</strong> Unskilled Workers 3,692 7.4<br />
Special Occup<strong>at</strong>ions - -<br />
Vacancies for Clerks (43.6%) made up more than a third <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>vacancies</strong> published in <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet for <strong>the</strong> first quarter <strong>of</strong> 2011.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals <strong>and</strong> Trade <strong>and</strong> Rel<strong>at</strong>ed Workers also put up significant<br />
shares <strong>of</strong> 16.4% <strong>and</strong> 11.3%, respectively, during <strong>the</strong> reference<br />
quarter.<br />
Local<br />
Overseas<br />
FIGURE 2 - Percentage Share <strong>of</strong> Vacancies ln Top 5 Major<br />
Occup<strong>at</strong>ions in <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet: 1st Quarter 2011<br />
By Major Occup<strong>at</strong>ion Group<br />
TABLE 1 - Vacancies Posted <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet by Major<br />
Occup<strong>at</strong>ion Group: 1st Quarter 2011<br />
MAJOR<br />
VACANCIES<br />
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP NUMBER % SHARE<br />
T O T A L 49,793 100.0<br />
Officials <strong>of</strong> Government <strong>and</strong><br />
Special-Interest Organiz<strong>at</strong>ions,<br />
Corpor<strong>at</strong>e Executives,<br />
Managers, Managing<br />
Proprietors <strong>and</strong> Supervisors 2,069 4.2<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals 8,176 16.4<br />
Technicians <strong>and</strong> Associ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals 2,163 4.3<br />
Clerks 21,711 43.6<br />
Service Workers <strong>and</strong> Shop<br />
<strong>and</strong> Market Sales Workers 2,321 4.7<br />
Laborers &<br />
Unskilled Workers,<br />
7.4<br />
Plant & Machine<br />
Oper<strong>at</strong>ors, 8.1<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals, 16.4<br />
Trade & Rel<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
Workers, 11.3<br />
Clerks, 43.6<br />
0 10 20 30 40 50<br />
By Major Industry Group<br />
Jobs advertised in <strong>the</strong> Services sector continued to be <strong>the</strong><br />
chief source <strong>of</strong> <strong>job</strong> <strong>vacancies</strong> with 96% share in <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet.<br />
Vacancies posted under Real Est<strong>at</strong>e Renting <strong>and</strong> Business<br />
Activities accounted for <strong>the</strong> biggest share in <strong>the</strong> Services sector with<br />
84.4%. Manpower needs under <strong>the</strong> <strong>Public</strong> Administr<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong><br />
Defense, Compulsory Social Security posted a modest share <strong>of</strong><br />
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6.2%, while <strong>the</strong> Agriculture <strong>and</strong> Industry sector put up only a<br />
combined 4.0% share.<br />
TABLE 2 - Vacancies Posted in <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet by Major Industry<br />
Group: 1st Quarter 2011<br />
MAJOR INDUSTRY<br />
VACANCIES<br />
GROUP<br />
NUMBER % SHARE<br />
T O T A L 49,793 100.0<br />
AGRICULTURE 10 0.0<br />
INDUSTRY 1,999 4.0<br />
Manufacturing 1,209 2.4<br />
Mining <strong>and</strong> Quarrying 234 0.5<br />
Construction 555 1.1<br />
SERVICES 47,785 96.0<br />
Wholesale <strong>and</strong> Retail<br />
Trade; Repair <strong>of</strong> Motor<br />
Vehicles, Motorcycles<br />
<strong>and</strong> Personal <strong>and</strong><br />
943 1.9<br />
Household Goods<br />
Hotels & Restaurants 426 0.9<br />
Transport, Storage <strong>and</strong><br />
Communic<strong>at</strong>ion 293 0.6<br />
Financial<br />
Intermedi<strong>at</strong>ion 117 0.2<br />
Real Est<strong>at</strong>e Renting<br />
<strong>and</strong> Business 42,009 84.4<br />
<strong>Public</strong> Administr<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>and</strong> Defense<br />
Compulsory Social<br />
Security<br />
3,074 6.2<br />
Educ<strong>at</strong>ion 186 0.4<br />
Health <strong>and</strong> Social Work 70 0.1<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r Community,<br />
Social <strong>and</strong> O<strong>the</strong>r<br />
Personal Services<br />
668 1.3<br />
FIGURE 3 - Percentage Share <strong>of</strong> Vacancies Posted in Top 5<br />
Major Industries in <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet: 1st Quarter 2011<br />
number <strong>of</strong> employers did not indic<strong>at</strong>e a specific age bracket to fill up<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir <strong>vacancies</strong> (34.1%), whereas 42.9% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> registered advertising<br />
employers preferred workers within <strong>the</strong> 25-44 years old age bracket.<br />
TABLE 3 - Vacancies Posted in <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet by Selected<br />
Indic<strong>at</strong>ors: 1st Quarter 2011<br />
INDICATOR<br />
VACANCIES<br />
NUMBER % SHARE<br />
SEX 49,793 100.0<br />
Male 16,942 34.0<br />
Female 4,373 8.8<br />
Male/Female 28,479 57.2<br />
CIVIL STATUS 49,793 100.0<br />
Single 14,908 29.9<br />
Married 79 0.2<br />
Widower - -<br />
Separ<strong>at</strong>ed 200 0.4<br />
No Preference 34,606 69.5<br />
AGE GROUP 49,793 100.0<br />
15 – 19 4 0.0<br />
20 – 24 464 0.9<br />
25 – 34 9,796 19.7<br />
35 – 44 11,542 23.2<br />
45 – 54 10,976 22.0<br />
55 – 64 34 0.1<br />
65-over - -<br />
Not specified 16,978 34.1<br />
YEARS OF<br />
EXPERIENCE 49,793 100.0<br />
5 52 0.1<br />
The bulk or nine out <strong>of</strong> ten (95.9%) employers did not require<br />
any relevant work experience for <strong>the</strong> <strong>job</strong> openings posted, while <strong>the</strong><br />
remainder <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> employers (4.1%) required work experience.<br />
Real Est<strong>at</strong>e,<br />
Renting &<br />
Business,<br />
84.4%<br />
<strong>Public</strong><br />
Administr<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
& Defense, 6.2%<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r<br />
Community,<br />
1.3%<br />
APPLICANTS REGISTERED<br />
During <strong>the</strong> period in review, an average <strong>of</strong> 11,166 <strong>job</strong><br />
applicants were registered in <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet. Applicants c<strong>at</strong>egorized<br />
in various occup<strong>at</strong>ions are as follows:<br />
By Major Occup<strong>at</strong>ion Group<br />
Manufacturing,<br />
2.4%<br />
Wholesale &<br />
Retail Trade,<br />
1.9%<br />
By Sex, Civil St<strong>at</strong>us, Age Group <strong>and</strong> Years <strong>of</strong><br />
Experience<br />
Most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>vacancies</strong> posted did not stress any preference<br />
on gender (57.2%) <strong>and</strong> civil st<strong>at</strong>us (69.5%). Meanwhile, a good<br />
TABLE 4 - Applicants Registered in <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet by Major<br />
Occup<strong>at</strong>ion Group: 1st Quarter 2011<br />
MAJOR<br />
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP<br />
APPLICANTS<br />
REGISTERED<br />
NUMBER % SHARE<br />
T O T A L 11,166 100.0<br />
Officials <strong>of</strong> Government <strong>and</strong><br />
Special-Interest Organiz<strong>at</strong>ions,<br />
Corpor<strong>at</strong>e Executives,<br />
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Managers, Managing<br />
Proprietors <strong>and</strong> Supervisors 349 3.1<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals 1,741 15.6<br />
Technicians <strong>and</strong> Associ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals 886 7.9<br />
Clerks 2,991 26.8<br />
Service Workers <strong>and</strong> Shop<br />
<strong>and</strong> Market Sales Workers 1,929 17.3<br />
Farmers, Forestry Workers <strong>and</strong><br />
Fishermen 5 0.0<br />
Trade <strong>and</strong> Rel<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
Workers 612 5.5<br />
Plant <strong>and</strong> Machine Oper<strong>at</strong>ors<br />
<strong>and</strong> Assemblers 951 8.5<br />
Laborers <strong>and</strong> Unskilled Workers 1,695 15.2<br />
Special Occup<strong>at</strong>ions 6 0.1<br />
More than a quarter (26.8%) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> total registrants who used<br />
<strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet for <strong>the</strong> period in review was made up <strong>of</strong> Clerks, while<br />
Service Workers <strong>and</strong> Shop <strong>and</strong> Market Sales Workers came next with<br />
17.3%. Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals <strong>and</strong> Laborers <strong>and</strong> Unskilled Workers posted<br />
nearly <strong>the</strong> same percentage (15.6% <strong>and</strong> 15.2%) respectively.<br />
By Sex, Civil St<strong>at</strong>us, Age Group <strong>and</strong> Years <strong>of</strong><br />
Experience<br />
For <strong>the</strong> first quarter, female applicants outnumbered male<br />
applicants, making up more than half (55.5%) <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> total registrants who utilized <strong>the</strong> Phil-<br />
Jobnet. Eight out <strong>of</strong> ten (81.0%) applicants<br />
registered were in <strong>the</strong> age bracket <strong>of</strong> 20-34<br />
years old, while nine out <strong>of</strong> ten (91.4%) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
active Phil-Jobnet registrants have work<br />
experience <strong>of</strong> more than 5 years, <strong>and</strong> most<br />
were single in st<strong>at</strong>us (79.2%).<br />
TABLE 5 - Applicants Registered in <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet by Selected<br />
Indic<strong>at</strong>ors: 1st Quarter 2011<br />
INDICATOR NUMBER % SHARE<br />
SEX 11,166 100.0<br />
Male 4,974 44.5<br />
Female 6,192 55.5<br />
CIVIL STATUS 11,166 100.0<br />
Single 8,840 79.2<br />
Married 2,216 19.8<br />
Separ<strong>at</strong>ed 66 0.6<br />
Widower 44 0.4<br />
AGE GROUP 11,166 100.0<br />
15 – 19 904 8.1<br />
20 – 24 4,990 44.7<br />
25 – 34 4,049 36.3<br />
35 – 44 875 7.8<br />
45 – 54 216 1.9<br />
55 – 64 33 0.3<br />
65-over 100 0.9<br />
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 11,166 100.0<br />
5 10,201 91.4<br />
By Employment St<strong>at</strong>us<br />
TABLE 6 - Applicants Registered in <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet by<br />
Employment St<strong>at</strong>us: 1st Quarter 2011<br />
INDICATOR NUMBER % SHARE<br />
T O T A L 11,166 100.0<br />
Employed 953 8.5<br />
Unemployed 10,213 91.5<br />
Most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> applicants who registered online looking for better<br />
opportunities <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> registr<strong>at</strong>ion were unemployed (91.5%)<br />
while <strong>the</strong> rest were employed (8.5%)<br />
By Preference: Local / Overseas<br />
Most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> applicants who registered in <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet for <strong>the</strong><br />
first quarter <strong>of</strong> 2011 were applying for local <strong>job</strong>s (98.7%).<br />
TABLE 7 - Applicants Registered in <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet by Loc<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>of</strong> Work Preference: 1st Quarter 2011<br />
LOCATION<br />
% SHARE<br />
Local 98.7<br />
Overseas 0.2<br />
Local / Overseas 1.1<br />
TOTAL 100.0<br />
TOP 20 VACANCIES AND APPLICANTS<br />
VACANCIES<br />
APPLICANTS<br />
RANK OCCUPATION NO. OCCUPATION NO.<br />
1<br />
Call Center Agent 11,237 Pr<strong>of</strong>essional 792<br />
Nurse<br />
2 Customer Service 6,138 Call Center Agent 772<br />
Assistant<br />
3 Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Nurse 3,754 Production Worker 704<br />
/Factory Worker<br />
4 Accounting Clerk 2,072 Service Crew 506<br />
5 Production Worker / 1,348 Cashier 488<br />
Factory Worker<br />
6 Driver 1,088 Sales Clerk 440<br />
7 Carpenter 793 D<strong>at</strong>a Encoder 352<br />
8 Pharmacist 642 Salesman/<br />
305<br />
Saleslady<br />
9 Domestic Helper 589 Office Clerk 277<br />
10 Mason 542 Waiter/Waitress 138<br />
11 Housekeeping 503 Bagger 127<br />
Supervisor<br />
12 Building Electrician 484 Driver 120<br />
13 Technical Support 425 Welder 118<br />
Staff<br />
14 Production Machine 365 Merch<strong>and</strong>iser 89<br />
Oper<strong>at</strong>or<br />
15 Sales Officer 351 Checker 85<br />
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16 Cashier 305 Stock Clerk 77<br />
17 Janitor/Janitress 281 Computer<br />
74<br />
Technician<br />
18 Salesman/<br />
251 Production Helper 68<br />
Saleslady<br />
19 Construction <strong>and</strong> 247 Secretary 19<br />
Maintenance<br />
Laborer<br />
20 Technical Support<br />
Represent<strong>at</strong>ive<br />
239 Accounting Clerk 20<br />
Positions for Call Center Agents domin<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>the</strong> most number<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>vacancies</strong> posted by <strong>the</strong> employers <strong>at</strong> Phil-Jobnet, contributing an<br />
average <strong>of</strong> 11,237 <strong>job</strong> postings. For <strong>the</strong> first quarter <strong>of</strong> 2011, a<br />
continuing dem<strong>and</strong> on occup<strong>at</strong>ions for Customer Service Assistant,<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Nurse, Accounting Clerk <strong>and</strong> Production Worker /Factory<br />
Worker was observed.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Nurses, Call Center Agents <strong>and</strong> Production<br />
Workers/Factory Workers were <strong>the</strong> top occup<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>of</strong> applicants who<br />
registered <strong>and</strong> used electronically with <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet. Meanwhile,<br />
occup<strong>at</strong>ions which were included in <strong>the</strong> Top 20 in both vacancy<br />
posting <strong>and</strong> applicant registry included <strong>vacancies</strong> for Drivers,<br />
Cashiers <strong>and</strong> Salesman/Saleslady.<br />
Technical Notes:<br />
1. Averages are computed using <strong>the</strong> previous three months’ figures. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding <strong>of</strong>f.<br />
2. The occurrence <strong>of</strong> double-posting for a vacancy within a month is probable, as it is elective for posting companies to report back upon filling up <strong>the</strong>ir vacancy.<br />
3. Source <strong>of</strong> d<strong>at</strong>a for <strong>vacancies</strong> come from <strong>job</strong> postings <strong>of</strong> different employers, while <strong>the</strong> number for applicants registered are culled from registr<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> <strong>job</strong>seekers in Phil-Jobnet.<br />
The Labor Market Upd<strong>at</strong>es is a public<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Bureau <strong>of</strong> Local<br />
Employment which contains inform<strong>at</strong>ion derived from <strong>the</strong> Phil-Jobnet on<br />
supply-dem<strong>and</strong> situ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong> trends in occup<strong>at</strong>ions, industries <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
labor market in general.<br />
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