Economist and Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda believes that aside from the so-called “soft skills,” the “hard skills” or job-related knowledge of new graduates also deteriorated during the COVID-19 pandemic. | GabrielLaluINQ
“If anything, looking at the PSA labor data on professions, it appears that hard skills suffered just as much, if not more, during the pandemic,” he added.
“The issue of finding it hard to land jobs exists in the context of elevated inflation. Food, fuel, and power are expensive – so we need to keep their prices low to keep wages competitive. That is the best way to produce enough jobs to hire new entrants to our workforce,” Salceda said. According to the report, the government’s K-to-12 program tries to give senior high school students the much-needed competencies, but “not much attention is given to developing their life and soft skills, which, as the employer participants attest, are equally important in the workplace”.
“Certain skills are obviously more relevant: language proficiency, particularly in English, engineering, the computer sciences, and increasingly, medical sciences — especially in an ageing world. Certain soft skills are also essential, especially those relevant in entrepreneurship and innovation,” he added.
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