The survey was acknowledged by the region’s governments , especially within the Philippines which took note that their youth preferred to work overseas and wanted to change their mindset, said theThe World Economic Forum survey titled “Asean youth: Technology, skills and the future of work” summarised the results into seven points.
“Meanwhile, traditional small and medium enterprises were less favoured, as they mostly coveted jobs in the tech sector and valued soft skills over hard skills,” saidAt the same time, they believed that they were more competent in soft skills and were open to working overseas as a means to upgrade their skill set.quoted Senator Sonny Angara as feeling disappointed with data which showed that many young Filipinos were seeking their futures outside of the Philippines.
However, similar tendencies were also detected in other countries within the region, especially in Thailand where 51.9 per cent of the youth had the same mind set. In other notable findings, Indonesian youth were on top of the list in wanting to be an entrepreneur with 35.5 per cent followed by Thailand , Vietnam and Malaysia .Equally telling was the survey finding out that nine per cent of respondents felt their current skills were already outdated while 52 per cent believed they had to update their skills constantly.