DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / May 27, 2014) – Some 3,000 job seekers are expected to flock to Davao City in southern Philippines for another job fair organized by the Department of Labor and Employment and NCCC Mall.
Dubbed as 2014 Kalayaan Job Fair, the event will coincide with the 116th Philippine Independence Day celebration on June 12. DOLE said ABS-CBN will also participate in the event.
“A total of 100 agencies will be participating in the Kalayaan Job Fair and 70 of which are local agencies and 30 agencies are for overseas employment,” Assistant Regional Director Venerando Cebrano said, adding some 6,881 job vacancies have been solicited from these agencies – 3,381 job vacancies for local employment and 3,500 vacancies for overseas employment.
“We expect to surpass our 2013 Kalayaan Job Fair registrants which reached 2,200,” DOLE Employment cluster head Lariele Arce said.
Mini Job Fair and Phil-Job Net registration
“As early as June 5 until June 11, the gates of NCC Mall’s Kadawayan Hall will open for the Mini Job Fair to cater those who want to pre-register and hasten the application process come June 12,” Cebrano said.
During the mini job fair, applicant will also have the chance to register on the Phil-Job.Net, the employment portal of the government. Phil-Job.Net is another employment facilitation initiative of DOLE to make easy the matching of job seekers and employers.
“The DOLE works to make it easy and fast for job seekers to find jobs that fit their qualifications, interests, and career inclinations,” Cebrano said.
Labor Day Job Fair success
Arce noted that DOLE is inspired to hold another major Job Fair as the Labor Day Job Fair was successful.
“Our Labor Day Job Fair performance was stellar as we made it among the top 5 overall among all 16 regions in the country. This counts for the number of solicited job vacancies, number of registered applicants, number of participation employers and those Hired on The Spot or HOTS,” Arce said.
The May 1 Job Fair yielded a total of 1,512 HOTS and 5,358 job seekers who were referred for further interview.
“We have high hopes that those for further interview will actually land on the job. I expect to provide more employment opportunities during Kalayaan Job Fair,” Arce said. (Sherwin Manual)
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