.:: Human Resources

 

The present number of permanent employments directly generated from these enterprises is 209 of which 192 are locals and the other 17 are hired from the neighboring provinces. This number of employees does not include the staff hired or employment generated during construction phase of each establishment. Neither it shows the employment as an induced impact on other primary, secondary or service sectors.

Aside from the permanent jobs created by the local enterprises, temporary jobs also have been investigated, which the enterprises rely on. More than 54 jobs exist with different length and different wages, ranking between P 125 /day to P 250/day, according to the nature of the service being rendered.

The employees in tourism sector mostly belong to the annual income earners of P 40,000 and more (P 3,500 monthly salary). However, the segment earning less than P 3,500 form more than half of the total and salaries of more than P 6,000 are a few. It is worth to mention that the average annual income of Siquijodnuns is P 79,000, and the annual income of the well paid employees in tourism services (P 6,500/month) is even less than the annual average income of the province. More than 60% of the employees in this sector are paid by far below this average.

Employees of the tourist sector work in jobs of different natures. Majority of them are recruited as waiters, cooks and for cleaning chores. Those who work in managerial jobs are few.

Training in tourism services is almost lacking amongst the working staff. Only 34% of the total are trained by their employers or through attending the training program offered by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The majority of them (66%) do not have any training in this field. Moreover, training program conducted by TESDA has identified as giving training on higher standards than what the island needs.

A substantial number of college-degree holders from different majors (engineering, computer science, commerce, Food and Nutrition.etc) are working in the tourism sector. This is due to the lack of job opportunities in their respective majors/degrees. Employees holding high-school diploma form 34.40%, the largest bulk of the working group in this sector.

On the other hand, employment through contracts is a subject to only one third of the employees who are recruited by the government. Social or health insurances in employments by the private sector are almost missing.