Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has urged greater involvement and action of the country’s network of Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) and local government units (LGUs) in the nationwide implementation of the Skills Registry System (SRS).
“More than creating a skills registry, our PESO officers in cities and municipalities should mobilize themselves as ‘employment mediators’ who will be hands-on in facilitating referral and placement of jobseekers in their respective jurisdiction. They shall play vital roles in the interplay of manpower supply and demand as they continue to solicit skills that are needed and are available to satisfy local market demands,” the secretary said.
The DoLE, through the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE), is pushing the establishment of a nationwide SRS in cities and municipalities with the twin goal of sustaining productivity of local employers and increasing employability of workers and jobseekers who are seeking opportunities without going beyond their place of residence.
The SRS is an electronic system that captures and updates in a readily available data of all workers’ skills and qualifications, as well as the roster of establishments and vacancies in every province, city, town, and barangay in the country’s 16 regions. It is envisioned to be a repository of “live” register of skills accessible to reflect the relevant labor market information needed in every area or region.
As of Aug., the BLE has already recorded more than 100,000 SRS registrants in 2,390 barangays from 42 cities and municipalities in 16 regions. The SRS is being implemented in phases, with the first phase started on Nov. 2010.
With the second phase now being rolled out to more regions, the labor and employment chief expressed the need for a stronger DoLE and PESO ties with LGUs, government officials, and local chief executives (LCEs) to hasten the completion of the SRS.
In the SRS implementation, barangay officials assist the PESO in the registration of workers, validation of gathered skills information, categorizing whether each citizen is (a) employed; (b) looking for work; (c) moved out); or (d) not interested. After validation, the PESOs are required to submit a comprehensive monthly report on the local skills registry. –Mina Diaz, Daily Tribune
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