December 17, 2020 | 7:49 pm Font Size PHILSTAR COMPETITION for jobs will be tight in the next few years with workers displaced by the pandemic to be joined in the employment search by the first full batches of K to 12 graduates, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said. In a briefing Thursday, Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique R. Tutay said the earliest K to 12 batches will be leaving school within the next few years, adding to the “pressure” of the job search. She said 2021-2022 will be the “first full batch for K to 12,” following a number of transition years during which the graduating cohort was smaller than usual.