Abstract:
For the last decades, rural development was reinforced through the launching of government programs aimed, in maximum level, to absorb the labor force of the corresponding locality. In the Philippines, the shift of employment trends had been a collaborator for the increasing phase of modernization and industrialization. In lieu of this, this study presents to illustrate the past and present situation of employment in the case of a selected rural town in the Quezon province. Factors that affect the increase and decrease of employment opportunities are a matter of discussion in this study so as to know if there are substantive impacts brought by government employment programs. The researcher conducted a survey within six barangays of the selected town in a random selection procedure. Simple descriptive statistics exemplified through frequency distribution and percentage tables were used to present and analyze the collected data. Also, the researcher compounded relevant information from informants from different agencies like of labor, local government, regional development council and community leaders. It has been concluded that there is also a vital need to determine how introduced changes through imposed programs correspond to policy-making and public acceptance. The impact of programs and projects comes with the difficulty7 in assessment especially when no effective feedback from the lower echelons of the community for whose benefit the programs and projects are designed. The perceived notion that there ate administrative and organizational problems embedded in the successful implementation of programs hinder the push for development. Inadequacies in education, investment and infrastructure are some of the pitfalls brought by ineffective publicity and regulation of employment programs. In the end, not all rural development problems are the same because each settlement may differ from physical characteristics, economic resources, human resources, politics and other aspects. Nevertheless, there should be a great deal as to what changes are the most desirable to impose and construe. There should be focused attention to look for the fundamental conditions and needs for well-considered programs.
