LABSTAT Updates

Vol. 17 No. 7 [04.17.2013]
2012 SURVEY OF HOT JOBS
(In Large Enterprises in Metro Manila)

Survey Highlights

Job vacancies in 2012 posted an
average of 85,000 per quarter

An average of 85,000 job openings in various types of occupations and skills were reported in 2012 in large enterprises in Metro-Manila. This was 13.3% higher than the quarterly average 75,000 reported in 2011 (See LABSTAT Updates, Vol. 17 No. 3, February 2013).

The volume of vacancies was reported highest in the first quarter of the year at around 97,000. The figure tapered off slightly to 89,000 in the second quarter and 74,000 in the third quarter and then rose again to 82,000 in the last quarter in anticipation of increase in sales during the holiday season.

 

 

Vol. 17 No. 6 [04.02.2013]
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE JANUARY 2013
LABOR FORCE SURVEY

Labor Force

Labor force participation rate (LFPR) in January 2013 fell slightly to 64.1% from 64.2% a year earlier - as fewer persons (+608,000) entered or re-joined the labor market compared with the same period last year (+1.016 million). The decline occurred among the youth 15 to 24 years old  (-0.9 percentage point) and the elderly 65 years old and over (-0.2 percentage point). Overall, the labor force of the country was estimated at 40.834 million. (Table 4a)

 

 

 

Vol. 17 No. 5 [03.25.2013]
LABOR TURNOVER STATISTICS
4TH QUARTER 2012
(In Large Enterprises in Metro Manila)

Accessions vs. Separations

  • Employment in large enterprises in Metro Manila continued to expand in the fourth quarter of 2012. This is the second consecutive quarter that employment had gone up after posting negligible growth rates in the first two quarters of 2012.
  • Measured in terms of percent difference between accession rate and separation rate, employment growth or labor turnover rate for the fourth quarter of 2012 accelerated to 2.47% - slightly higher than the third quarter growth figure of 2.35%. This is a turnaround from the near zero growth in the first quarter (0.63%) and second quarter (0.85%) of 2012 and the decline in the fourth quarter of 2011
    (-2.05%). (Table 2)

 

Vol. 17 No. 4 [02.28.2013]
MDGs INDICATORS ON EMPLOYMENT
PROPORTION OF EMPLOYED PEOPLE LIVING
BELOW POVERTY LINE
(WORKING POVERTY RATE)
(Last of a five-part series)

Introduction

This issue of LABSTAT Updates focuses on MDG Employment Indicator 1.6 Proportion of employed people living below the poverty line or the Working Poverty Rate (WPR).  The share of working poor in total employment in a country reveals the extent of participation of the working poor in the labor market.  The higher the working poverty rate, the bigger the decent work deficit in terms of adequate earnings. (International Labour Office, 2012)

 

Vol. 17 No. 3 [02.18.2013]
QUARTERLY SURVEY OF HOT JOBS
In Large Enterprises in Metro Manila: 2011

Job vacancies at around 75,000 per quarter

  • An average of 75,000 job openings in various types of occupations were reported at the end of each quarter in 2011.
  • These numbered at a little over 72,000 by end  of the  first quarter, then peaked to about 105,000 in the end of second quarter and levelled at below 62,000 by end of the third and fourth quarters.

 

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