Demand Competency for Labor and Manpower Production to Labor Market in Chiang Mai Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) study the demand of labor market in Chiang Mai province, 2) the production of manpower to the labor market, and 3) the labor competencies match with the workplaces. Mixed-methods research by integrating the quantitative and qualitative researches was conducted in this research. A questionnaire was used to collect the quantitative data from the target group consisting of two government agencies providing the information on labor market demand, 19 educational institutes providing lower and higher vocational education programs, and 4 workplaces. The quantitative data were analyzed for percentage and percentile rank. The results of this quantitative data analysis were explained and tabulated in details. An interview form was used as a qualitative research instrument to collect the data.

      The results of this research were as follows:

1. The demand for labor market accounted for 9,314 employed persons. The data on the classification of educational attainment were sorted into five categories. It was found that the first category. The second employed persons who had completed the higher vocational level. The third employed persons who had completed the upper secondary level of bachelor’s degree. The fourth employed persons who had completed the lower vocational level of school. The fifth employed persons who had not remarked on their educational attainments.
2. The production of manpower to labor market was sorted into subject categories. It was found that Industry was the first subject category that 11,509 employed persons had completed, standing at 50.96 percent. Commerce/Business Administration was the second subject category that 5,584 employed persons had completed, standing. Tourism Industry was the third subject category that 1,756 employed persons had completed, standing. Agriculture was the fourth subject category that 1,271 employed persons had completed, standing. Home Economics was the fifth subject category that 1,016 employed persons had completed, standing at 4.50 percent. Information and Communication Technology was the sixth subject category that 1,016 employed persons had completed, standing at 3.56 percent. Fine and Applied Arts was the seventh subject category that 627 employed persons had completed, standing at 2.78 percent. Fisheries was the eighth subject category that 17 employed persons had completed, standing at 0.78 percent. For Fiber Industry, there was no data available on manpower.

            3. The labor competencies match with the workplaces consisted of eight important competencies that were sorted into descending order; the first competence of reading, writing, and speaking skills at foreign languages; the second competence of learning skills at occupational development; the third competence of cross-cultural understanding people from different cultures and schemata; the fourth competence of critical thinking and problem solving; the fifth competence of collaboration, teamwork, and leadership; the sixth competence of communications, information and media literacy; the seventh competence of computing and information communication technology (ICT) literacy; and, the eighth competence of creativity and innovation.