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| Employability of Persons With Disabilities
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Christina Dionisio- Vicencio, Ph.D, Christopher S. Vicencio, Ed.D., Carmen Nicole V. De Guzman, Clarence D. Espiritu Jasmine DC. Hidalgo, Kayla Joy R. Pantanilla, Almira E. Castro, Mickaela R. Alfon
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Abstract:
Employment is a vital factor in the growth of a country's economy. One of its growths is making the persons with disabilities part of the workforce by developing their processes and environment. It has been reported that PWDs shows an exemplary work performance. However, many are still in doubt on their work-related skills like soft and hard skills which decreases the employment rate. Considering this, the researchers are encouraged the researchers to investigate the specific skills must the PWDs must have to be employed and the kind of disabilities that most likely to be employable in Bulakan, Bulacan. To answer this, the researchers employed a descriptive method that describes the soft skills, hard skills and kind of disabilities that employers preferred for the PWDs. The technique used was a survey method through an adapted questionnaire. It utilizes Likert scale to measure the skills and kind of disability considered employable. Based on the survey, service businesses is dominant with 57% and businesses operated for one to five years with 72%. The most considered disability in employment is medical disability with a mean score of 3.51. Openness to criticism scored the highest for soft skills with a mean score of 4.63 while management skills scored the highest for hard skills with a mean score of 4.63. With the utilization of Dependent Sample T-test, it shows that there is a significant difference between soft skills and hard skills which concludes that employers prefer soft skills over hard skills in hiring PWDs.
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