It is worth keeping in mind that "highly skilled human resources" includes many manual labour occupations requiring special training and experience such as automotive technicians, machinists, welders and carpenters.
Knowledge of how labour markets operate in different ASEAN states will become increasingly important. For example, one way in which many large companies in the Philippines adjusted to high unemployment during the recent global economic slowdown was by offering temporary labour contracts. This spread the limited available work around more evenly until the economy reached better times. When the economy got better people were more likely to land a good job in their job search.