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IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES OF THE CAREER

DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM

ln the interest of the service and pursuant to the Department's mandate under
Section 17, Chapter 4, Title Vll, Book lV of the Administrative Code of 1987,
Republic Act (RA) No.8759, as amended by RA No. 10691, and its lmplementing
Rules and Regulations, these Guidelines are hereby issued for the effective and
efficient implementation of the Career Development Support Program (CDSP).

Section 1. Program Obiectives. The CDSP is an employment facilitation

intermediation service with the primary goal of providing career development support
services, by integrating and strengthening all employment facilitation services, in
order to address the gaps in employability dimensions (i.e., personal and
environmental factors, job objectives, skills and requirements to perform the job, job
search skills, and ability to maintain a job). Further, it aims:

1.1 to assist individuals to find the right job, identify appropriate upskilling or
reskilling interventions, and progress in their chosen career path;
1.2 lo provide relevant and timely knowledge on the latest and prevailing trends in
the labor market and labor market information affecting career decisions and
increase the employability of individuals (i.e jobseekers, employees, workers,
or persons interested); and
1.3 to ensure that program beneficiaries and stakeholders are provided with a
more comprehensive and holistic package of career development support
services and initiatives.

Section 2. Definition of Terms. The following terms shall mean and refer to:

a. Career Development - a process of increasing an individual's employability

and productivity through the provision of vocational, labor market, and career
information, guidance, and employment counseling.

b. Gareer Development Support (CDS) - encompasses a range of services to

assist individuats in finding suitable employment, identifying relevant
upskilling or reskilling opportunities, and advancing in their chosen career
path. lt aims to guide individuals toward appropriate job opportunities and
foster their professional growth through tailored interventions and support
mechanisms.

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 c. Career Development Support Services- a wide variety of services and
activities that provide support to program beneficiaries in achieving successful
and fulfilling careers and enable effective career transitions.

d. Gounseling - a dialogue process engaging the jobseeker in a discussion to

identify career, vocational, and employment issues or concerns, and providing
suggestions or recommendations to address these issues or concerns
properly. This does not include the guidance and counseling functions
provided pursuant to RA No. 9258 or the Guidance and Counseling Act of
2004.

e. Employee - any person engaged in formal employment with an established

employee-employer relationship or informal employment.

f. Jobseeker - any individual who is actively seeking work, whether:

o student;
. first time jobseeker;
. moving from unemployment to employment;
. moving from one job to another to increase hours of work from
part-time to full-time;
. moving from temporary to regular employment; or
. simply moving to a more appropriate level of skill or a higher wage.

g. Labor Market Programs - the interventions in the labor market to actively

increase employment chances of jobseekers (i.e., technica!/vocational skills
training, internship programs, apprenticeship programs).

h. Job Placement Office (JPO) - those educational institutions accredited by

the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to perform the core
functions of a Public Employment Service Office (PESO).

i. Nationa! Registration Skills Program (NRSP) Form - a standard form used

and utilized by the PESO/JPO for the profiling of individuals for purposes of
employment facilitation services.

j. PESO a non-fee charging multi-employment service facility or entity

established or accredited pursuant to RA No. 8759, as amended by RA No.
1 0691 .

Section 3. Scope and Coverage. The CDSP shall cover jobseekers, employers,
and institutions or organizations as program beneficiaries.

The PESOs and JPOs, as the primary providers of career development support
services, shall focus on facilitating the transition to the labor market by providing
public employment services to help job seekers find suitable employment
opportunities.

Human resource practitioners in the private sectors shall enjoin employees toward
appropriate career development support services based on labor market information
to thrive in their roles and contribute effectively to their organizations.

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Section 4. Program Components. The CDSP shall have the following program
components:

4.1. Career guidance. This refers to services that intend to help program
beneficiaries of minimum employable age make guided decisions on
employment choices to manage their career paths effectively.

4.2 Career education/orientation. This refers to activities aimed at

developing program beneficiaries' career management and employability
skills by educating and helping them to understand and interpret labor
market information, learn the trends and other career opportunities, and
consider available knowledge and skills development interventions or
opportunities.

4.3 Gareer development support for the formally employed. This refers to
the assistance to establishments or individuals in the conduct of human
resource management activities in formal employment aimed at
continuously providing access to labor market information, and knowledge
on qualification enhancement, vocational or professional development.
This includes career talks in the company promoting and utilizing career
development programs and services.

4.4 Gareer development support for workers in the informa! economy.

This refers to services aimed at providing workers in the informal economy
access to labor market information and knowledge on qualification
enhancement, vocational or professional development to promote their
functional skills, through assessment, certification or recognition for
potential transition from informalto formal career path.

4.5 Gareer development support for self-employed. This refers to services

focused on conducting financial and business counseling and career
guidance to assist program beneficiaries develop their entrepreneurial
knowledge and skills and increase their knowledge on setting up
businesses, developing organizations, availing of opportunities for
prod uctivity, or other organ izational i nterventions.

Section 5. Career Development Support Services. Key career development

support services offered to program beneficiaries include:

5.1 Gareer Counseling. Assists jobseekers, or persons interested in entering

the labor market, in selecting appropriate occupation. The process will
examine and address issues related to both personal and environmental
factors, to help the jobseeker set a clear job objective.

5.2 Vocational Counseling. Helps assess current skills and work experience
against the entry-level of a job within an occupational field. lt also intends
to identify skills gaps and determine ways to close gaps.

5.3 Employment Gounseling. Provides jobseekers with the necessary tools

and skills to search out job opportunities and market their abilities to
potential employers, retain their jobs, and advance in the job. This would

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 also include reintegration assistance to displaced/disadvantaged workers
to transition from one career path to another.

Section 6. Program Management. The Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) shall be

responsible for the overall management of the program.

Section 7. Program lmplementation. The DOLE Regional/Field Offices shall

implement the CDSP and perform the following:

7.1 Provide capacity building and technical assistance to PESO personnel and
key stakeholders in the conduct of any of the program components and
provision of career, vocational, and employment counseling services;

7.2 Coordinate and cooperate on the

mechanisms that support
communication, service delivery and knowledge sharing between the
various stakeholders in a career development support system;

7.3 Disseminate career development support modules, advocacy materials,

and Labor Market Information (LMl) publications to PESOs within their
jurisdiction; and

7.4 Prepare and submit reports to the BLE on the implementation of CDSP.

The PESOs and JPOs, as implementing arms of the DOLE, shall provide career
development support services to its clients.

The following procedures shall be observed in the implementation of the program:

a. lndividual. Any individual seeking career development support services shall

proceed to the concerned PESO/JPO. The PESO/JPO shall guide the
individual in accomplishing the NSRP Jobseeker Form which may be done
manually or electronically depending on the resources of the office. PESO
personnel/staff shall review the form together with the client to ensure
completeness and accuracy of provided information.

The information provided by the program beneficiary shall be processed to

determine one's current level in terms of employability dimensions,
recognition of prior learning, goal setting, and identification of appropriate
labor market intervention to increase his/her employability.

b. lnstitution or Organization. Any institutions/organizations may also avail

CDSP services through a written letter addressed to the BLE, DOLE-RO/FO,
or PESO/JPO. CDS providers shall ensure labor market information materials
are updated and disseminated.

Section 8. Monitoring and Reporting System. CDS activities shall be regularly

monitored by the Regional Offices and the BLE through the Statistical Performance
Reporting System (SPRS).

Section 9. CDS Microsite. To assist in the implementation of career development

programs and services and align with the efforts on digital transformation, the CDS

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Microsite lodged in the philjobnet.gov.ph shall provide information and materials on
education and training opportunities and trends in the labor market.

Section 10. Funding. Funding requirements to support the CDSP implementation

shall be sourced from the available funds of the BLE, subject to the usual accounting
and auditing rules and regulations.

Section 11. Data Privacy Clause. Any officers, employees or agent who may have
access to any and all confidential, sensitive and/or personal information in
accordance shall store, use, process, and dispose the same in accordance with RA
No. 10173 or the "Data Privacy Act of 2012," and its Implementing Rules and
Regulations and Regulations and applicable National Privacy Commission
issuances.

Section 13. Effectivity. These Guidelines shall take effect after fifteen (15) days
from its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

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