‘25% of PH job vacancies unfilled’

MANILA, Philippines – Around 25% of job vacancies in the Philippines, and 80% in Metro Manila, cannot be filled due to competency issues.

This was according to the presentation of Alvin Ang, an economics professor of University of Santo Tomas (UST), at an economic and sustainability forum on Monday, February 11.

Ang discussed during the forum how or if the Philippines can make its phenomenal 6.6% growth in 2012 sustainable given the rising underemployment rate, which he attributed to competency issues hounding elementary and high school teachers.

He said the quality of graduates contribute to the unfilled job vacancies. 

The top 12 jobs nationwide that have remained unfilled in one year include: 

1. Transport and Communications Specialist
2. Mechanical engineers
3. Doctors
4. Production and operation managers
5. Accountants and auditors
6. Human Resources managers
7. Production supervisors
8. Geologists
9. Electrical engineers
10. Electronics and Communications engineers
11. Chemical engineers
12. Pharmacists

Here are the list of hard-to-fill jobs in Metro Manila

1. Systems Analysts
2. Accountants
3. Electrical engineers
4. Civil engineers
5. Mechanical engineers
6. Computer programmers
7. Human Resources managers
8. Medical technologists
9. Architects
10. Industrial engineers
11. Geologists