LEADER 03923oam 22004695 450 001 9910796546703321 005 20171020152715.0 024 7 $a10.1596/978-1-4648-1191-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000000771632 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5103301 035 $a(The World Bank)211191 035 $a(US-djbf)211191 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000771632 100 $a20020129d2017 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDeveloping Socioemotional Skills for the Philippines' Labor Market /$fPablo Acosta 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cThe World Bank,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (112 pages) 225 1 $aDirections in Development;Directions in Development - Human Development 311 $a1-4648-1192-X 311 $a1-4648-1191-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $aExecutive Summary -- Education and Labor-Market Outcomes in the Philippines -- Demand for Socioemotional Skills in the Philippine Labor Market -- Socioemotional Skills in the Philippine Labor Force -- Promoting the Development of Socioemotional Skills in the Philippines -- Conclusion and Recommendations. 330 3 $aWhile the Philippines has achieved remarkable progress in raising the education level of its labor force, the standard proxy for educational attainment years of formal schooling is increasingly inadequate as a measure of workforce skills. About one-third of employers report being unable to fill vacancies due to lack of applicants with the requisite skills. Most of these missing skills ? are socioemotional skills also known as non-cognitive skills, soft skills or behavioral skills. Emerging international evidence suggests that socioemotional skills are increasingly crucial to the types of jobs being created by the global economy. The following study presents new evidence from employer and household surveys on the role of socioemotional skills in the Philippine labor market. The analysis reveals that: Two-thirds of employers report difficulty in finding workers with adequate work ethics or appropriate interpersonal and communications skills. Firm-based training increasingly focuses on socioemotional skills. The more educated and employed workers tend to score higher on measures of grit, decision-making, agreeableness, and extroversion. Socioemotional skills are associated with an increase in average daily earnings, in particular for women, young workers, less-educated workers, and those employed in the service sector. Higher levels of socioemotional skills are also correlated with a greater probability of being employed, having completed secondary education, and pursuing tertiary education. Studies suggest that primary school is the optimal age for shaping socioemotional skills, but the Philippines elementary education curriculum devotes limited resources to their development. Schools continue to be judged solely by students performance in cognitive achievement tests, but not on soft-skills competencies, and teachers are not appropriately trained to foster the development of them. Finally, interventions targeting workers entering the labor force can also effectively bolster their socioemotional skills, complementing effects to improve labor-market information and vocational counseling. 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aOccupational training$zPhilippines 606 $aVocational guidance$zPhilippines 615 0$aOccupational training 615 0$aVocational guidance 676 $a331.259209599 700 $aAcosta$b Pablo$01535431 702 $aAcosta$b Pablo 801 0$bDJBF 801 1$bDJBF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796546703321 996 $aDeveloping Socioemotional Skills for the Philippines' Labor Market$93868424 997 $aUNINA