The Philippine tech industry is projecting that it will be creating 150,000 new positions for application developers in the next six years. This is part of the 1.1 million new jobs that the industry is expected to produce by 2028. These figures will be one of the highlights of the Philippine IT-BPM Roadmap 2028 which will be launched next week.
This picture is a sharp contrast to what has always been highlighted: the lack of available jobs and the fast-growing number of unemployed or underemployed college graduates in the country. The situation is very clear. A large section of the workforce is not skilled enough to fill up most of the available jobs. We need to bear in mind too that it is not just about having the necessary technical skills.
There is an urgent need therefore to increase the funnel of potential hires and improve their chances of being hired. Without jumping the gun on the strategies prescribed in the new industry roadmap, we can look at some possible solutions to address the situation. TESDA used to have its near-hire programs to address the skills gap of candidates assessed to be almost ready for the jobs. They used to also have certificate courses in programming. These programs were developed more than 10 years ago and may need to be aligned with the current needs of the industry.
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