Sunday 6 January 2013

Tacloban starts 2013 with a Mega Jobs Fair

Early into the new year, the city government of Tacloban is hosting a Mega Jobs Fair to facilitate the employment, either local or overseas, of its job-seeking constituents.

The Fair, which is the third to be hosted by the Tacloban will be on January 14, Monday, at the Balyuan Convention Center, a statement posted at the official website of the LGU, stated.

Featuring professional and skilled-work job openings, the Jobs Fair will be participated by about 20 overseas recruitment agencies and more than 10 local employment agencies and will be spearheaded by the LGU’s Public Employment Service Office (PESO).

City PESO manager Emilia Cruz said the activity is in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Other agencies which will take part in the whole-day event are TESDA, OWWA, and the National Maritime Polytechnic.

Among the local establishments which will be conducting their recruitment are Bayan Telecommunications, McDonalds, Hotel Angelo, Chevrolet Tacloban, LBC Express—Visayas Inc., and Gaisano Central.

Meanwhile recruitment agencies such as Kan-ya Internal Manpower Services, Pisces International Placement, Inc., Lead Resources Management Inc., Philippine RN Recruitment Serviecs, Reliable Recruitment Corp and Greatways Manpower International, Inc. will also be hiring skilled workers for overseas employment.

Moreover, Cruz disclosed that for this year, the city PESO will be tying up with colleges and universities in the city in coming up with programs that will ensure graduates a ready job placement.

She added that the employment office will also organize a city-wide network of Career Guidance Counselors to conduct Career Coaching and Employment Coaching activities in city high schools and colleges.

Jobs Fair is an employment facilitation strategy initiated by DOLE, aims to fast-track the meeting of jobseekers and employers/overseas recruitment agencies in one venue at a specific date to reduce cost, time and effort particularly on the part of the applicants.

During the Jobs Fair, applicants select vacancies suited to their qualifications and employers could interview and hire on the spot qualified workers. Several agencies are invited to provide self-employed and training assistance.

The objective of Jobs Fair is to bring DOLE's employment facilitation program to the reach of the poor, unemployed and displaced workers in the regional areas.

The Jobs Fair provides venue for immediate meeting of jobs and people in order to minimize transportation and other expenses incurred by applicants in coming to Manila or areas where vacancies are available. It aims to assist in the manpower sourcing of employers/recruitment agencies particularly in identified areas where skills are highly in demand or are available.

Jobs Fair also aims to support DOLE's anti-illegal recruitment campaign by enabling access of jobseekers to legitimate employers/recruitment agencies.

Applicants or job-seekers are advised to bring with them important documents such as biodata, picture (2x2), certificate of employment, diploma/transcript of records, and authenticated birth certificate. (PIA 8) 

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