CAREER GUIDANCE AND

EMPLOYMENT COACHING
Legal Bases and Current Trends
LEGAL BASES

 Vocational Guidance Recommendation, 1949

1. For the purpose of this Recommendation the term vocational
guidance means assistance given to an individual in solving problems related to
occupational choice and progress with due regard for the individual's
characteristics and their relation to occupational opportunity.

 LCP, Book 1, Art. 15, Bureau of Employment Services

6. To develop a responsive vocational guidance and testing system in aid of
proper human resources allocation
LEGAL BASES

 E.O. 139, KABATAAN 2000 PROGRAM

Sec. 4 Program Components: 4.2 The Weekend Youth Brigade (WYB) – The WYB
are the low-cost but high-impact weekend youth programs of various
government agencies and local government units. The WYB aims to
involve the youth in community building projects during the weekends.

 Career Guidance Day – the DOLE, through its PESOs nationwide, conducts
Career Guidance for the youth aged 18-25 years old to assist the youth in the
career path to be chosen after graduation
OTHERS

 R.A. 8759 and R.A. 10691

Sec. 5: Functions of PESOs
b) Develop and administer testing and evaluation instruments for
effective job selection, training and counseling …..
e) Provide employment and occupational counseling, career guidance,
mass motivation and values development activities …
f) Conduct pre-employment counseling and orientation to prospective
local and overseas workers
OBJECTIVES OF CAREER GUIDANCE

 Bring Career and Employment Services closer to the students, parents, and
jobseekers by providing appropriate information relevant to their career
choices; and

 Address the problems of unemployment and underemployment by preparing

the stakeholders, particularly the students and jobseekers, in their eventual
entry to the world of work
 BUILDING BLOCKS
Working Age
The Philippine Population
71.339 M

economy OF THE
generated
LABOR FORCE
826,000 (Philippines)
Labor Force
43.461 M
Not in the Labor Force
27.878 M

net employment
Employed Unemployed
41.160 M 2.301 M

The number of
unemployed
persons Wage and Salary
Workers
Employers Self-employed
Unpaid Family
Workers

decreased by
1.495 M 11.086 M
26.256 M 2.323 M

140,000 Own Family Operated

Private Households Private Establishments Government/ GOCC
Farm or Business
1.944 M 20.611 M 3.571 M
Source: Labor Force Survey (LFS). 0.131 M
2018 Annual Estimates Philippine
Statistics Authority

Department of Labor and Employment

6 BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
Total employment Employed Persons (‘000)
reached more
than 40 million in 40,998
40,335 41,160
38,741
2018. 37,192 37,600
36,286
38,651
36,035
The largest portion
falls under the
Services sector
with 55.0 percent
share.

This was driven by the

growth of the wholesale Underemployed Persons (‘000)
and retail services and
BPO sub-sectors.

Source: Philippine Statistics

Authority, averages of four (4) Unemployed Persons (‘000)
rounds of 2010- 2018 Labor Force
Survey
Note: The annual estimates for 2013
and 2014 exclude Region VIII or
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Eastern Visayas.

Department of Labor and Employment

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Underemployment Employed Persons (‘000)
rate ranged from
18 to 20 percent
over the past years
and is dominant
in the Agriculture
sector.

People search for

additional work or Underemployed Persons (‘000)
sources of income due
to limited wage 7,163 7,514 6,912 7,118 7,180 7,513 6,735
6,762 6,506
employment
opportunities.
Source: Philippine Statistics
Authority, averages of four (4) Unemployed Persons (‘000)
rounds of 2010- 2018 Labor Force
Survey
Note: The annual estimates for 2013
and 2014 exclude Region VIII or
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Eastern Visayas.

Department of Labor and Employment

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 Employed Persons (‘000)
The nation’s
unemployment
rate is significantly
decreasing
with an average of
0.4 percent
annually.

However, youth Underemployed Persons (‘000)

unemployment remains
a major labor market
concern.

2,859 2,814 2,826 2,801 2,728 2,602 2,363 2,441 2,301

Source: Philippine Statistics
Authority, averages of four (4)
rounds of 2010- 2015 Labor Force
Unemployed Persons (‘000)
Survey
Note: The annual estimates for 2013
and 2014 exclude Region VIII or
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Eastern Visayas.

Department of Labor and Employment

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT |
Future Forces at Work Reshaping
Labor Markets

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT |

 We Are Living In The Digital Age
Talent and Skills Matter
In this new era, human potential is the key
•

driver of productivity and innovation.

• It is the key differentiator of business success.

Continuous training as a core

organizational competency is vital.

Data analytics will be common in

Human Capital Management.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT |

“EDUCATION’S
PURPOSE IS TO
REPLACE AN EMPTY
MIND WITH AN OPEN
ONE.”
-MALCOLM FORBES