Highlights of the 2015 Employment Outlook

According to DOLEThe Future of Job Opportunities

and Careers in the Philippines

Agricultural sector may regain its large share in employment

• Prioritization of the Agricultural Development in the 2015 budget.

• The administration aims to increase the productivity of the agriculture and fisheries sector to 3.5-4.5 percent growth in Gross Value Added.

• The ASEAN Economic

Community (AEC) 2015 is

expected to create

additional 100,000 jobs

(1.1 million by 2025).

The manufacturing industry currently generates 8 percent of

total employment

• It is projected to continue to expand in the next two years.

• 2015 would be the second year of

implementation of the

Manufacturing Resurgence Program

(MRP) which will focus

on the growth of the

manufacturing sector.

The construction industry is assumed to have a constant annual growth

• Annual growth of 6 percent or 142, 000 workers.• This figure may be as high as 8.5 percent

(204,000) in consideration of the government’s planned and ongoing infrastructure projects.

• The 2015 budget supports

the commitment to enable

poor Filipinos to own safe

and affordable homes

through socialized housing.

For 2015, the government allotted a bigger amount for high

impact infrastructure project • This is for the reconstruction of Yolanda-hit areas.• NEDA’s Dream Plan composed

of construction of Roads,

Bridges, Airports, Seaports,

and Railways (extension) will

continue to feed the local

demand.

In 2015, the Tourism sector is projected to employ 6.3 million

direct workers

• With this, it can increase its share to P970 billion (5.7 percent of the GDP), and attract 8.2 million

international visitors

and 51.7 million

domestic travelers.

Employment in IT-BPM activities will continue to escalate

• Focusing on the information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) industry alone, the Information Technology and Business Processing Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) foresees a 1.3 million

employment in 2016.

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Source: GOVPH Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph/2014/12/23/dole-2014-employment-better-2015-outlook-encouraging/