96. Informal integrations of competencies and career guidance to prepare students for employment are offered and start as early as Grade 7 in some schools. 97. Schools also provide work immersion opportunities to students undergoing or taking up not only tech-voc tracks but also those in the academic track and arts and design track. Teaching internship is conducted in a laboratory school and immersion in different public schools. 98. Workshops, training, and seminars are organized and conducted, usually online, by schools, universities, or academic associations to facilitate networking and share a variety of topics to undergraduates about expectations in the workplace or graduate school, module development for those who are into teaching, advancement in research, to the ways of filing and securing government documents needed for employment. Youth 99. ANCPAG (Adaptation, Navigation, Choices, Paths, Assessment, and Goals) is a developmental career orientation program by GuidanceNGO designed for junior and senior high school learners and their parents to orient them on key aspects of higher education and careers and help them make more decisions.159 100. KadaKareer is a low-bandwidth, community-based career development platform that provides free coaches and resources for underprivileged Filipino students.160 101. Boot camps and skills training are offered to students, such as by Coding Dojo Philippines, Eskwelabs, and Avion School. 102. Career Contact is an education technology company that equips high school and tertiary students with digital skills in User Experience (UX) & Analytics and connects students with small enterprises to work on business and/or community challenges from a variety of industries.161 103. Career-assistance programs through online webinars are conducted by the office in-charge in the universities. 104. While lines of communication through help desks and hotlines were opened between the institutions and students to air their grievances and problems encountered during the pandemic, most programs were initiated by student councils in the different institutions to assist the students. 159 160 161 GuidanceNGO, ANCPAG Webinars, available at http://guidancengoph.org/ancpag.html (last accessed June 21, 2022). KadaKareer, available at https://www.kadakareer.com/ (last accessed June 21, 2022). LinkedIn, CareerContact, available at https://sg.linkedin.com/company/careercontact (last accessed June 21, 2022). 42