Table 11. Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by Job Search
          Method: April 2005 
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
		  (In thousands)

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Job Search Method                        Number | Percent
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Philippines                              1,377     100.0

Registered in Employment Agency            285      20.7
    Private                                205      14.9
    Public                                  80       5.8

Approached Employer Directly               479      34.8

Approached Relatives or Friends            479      34.8

Placed or Answered Advertisements          116       8.4

Others                                      19       1.4

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Note:    Estimates are preliminary and subject to change.

Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division,
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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