DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 22, 2014) – Nurses, call center agents and household service workers top the list of the most number of job vacancies in the coming Labor Day Job Fair in Davao City in southern Philippines
According to the Department of Labor and Employment in Davao region, some 18,680 job vacancies were solicited from the 99 local companies and 31 overseas agencies for the biggest job fair of the year.
Overseas employment posted over 15,000 job vacancies – of the figure, 2,498 vacancies for household worker services; 709 for nurses, 618 sales man/assistant; 607 security guards; and 469 laborer/helper.
Completing the top 10 list of overseas employment vacancies included masons, plumbers, carpenters, electrician and cleaners (janitorial services).
Most of the overseas employments are bound for the Middle East particularly United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
Meanwhile, job vacancies for local employment posted a total of 3,151 available positions.
For local employment, call center agent (both for voice and non-voice) tops the list of the most number of vacancies.
Among the top 10 most number of vacancies included dealers of various personal care products; telemarketer/customer service representative; credit counselor; cashier, data receiver; Production workers, account executive accounting staff, laborer/helper and production specialist.
“We are exerting our best effort to gather a high turnout of available jobs that we can offer to our job seekers come Labor Day Job Fair and were are very glad for the overwhelming support of our local employers and overseas placement agencies,” said DOLE Davao Region director Atty. Joffrey Suyao.
“We expect to have at least 5,000 job seekers and hopefully we could have at least 15% of them to be hired on the spot,” he said.
Gaisano Mall of Davao will hold the Job Fair on May 1-2 while SM City Davao will hold the event on May 1.
Gaisano Mall of Tagum will also be hosting Job Fair on May 1 to cater applicants from the provinces of Davao del Norte, Compostela Valley and even those from Davao Oriental.
“The DOLE and our partners work to make it easy and fast for job seekers to find work that fit their qualifications, interests, and career inclinations,” Suyao said.
“This is the biggest and the grandest Job Fair we host for the year. And we urged newly graduated students to take advantage of this gathering of employers and job opportunities in one setting,” he added. (Sherwin Manual)
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