THE DEPARTMENT of Education recently conducted a pre-employment training for teachers and Grade 12 students to help learners transition to a work environment.

The webinar provided tips on how to prepare impressive resumes and credentials and trends in skills demand.

“This webinar is one of our responses to the need for futures thinking in education, for readiness to confront the rapid changes, the challenges, and opportunities of the future. We want to ensure that our learners will be globally competitive if they choose to work after their graduation in basic education,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said.

The training was conducted virtually by the agency’s Office of the Undersecretary for Administration and in partnership with Microsoft Philippines and the Employers Confederation of the Philippines.

“We are happy and excited to have gotten support from our partners for this program. This gives graduating Senior High School students more opportunities to find possible employment, or if not, gave significant real-world experience in job hunting,” Education Undersecretary for Administration Alain Del Pascua shared.

The department said 143,950 participants from various regions joined the webinar.

Ferdinand Ferrer, chairperson of ECOP’s Job Creation Committee, shared insights and trends in skill demands in the workforce and the essence of upskilling for workers.

Pascua said more programs will be developed to help graduating learners shape their professional skills.

“This activity is only the beginning of a larger, more in-depth process in support of the K-to-12 program and its graduates. For all this to succeed, we need to have a paradigm shift paired with an open and optimistic mind so that we can reshape the future of our Filipino youth,” he said.