225 hired in DOLE’s jobs fair in Pagadian

• Source:http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1371460082776/225-hired-in-dole-s-jobs-fair-in-pagadian
• Saturday, April 9, 2016

By Gideon C. Corgue (FPG/GCC/PIA9/Zamboanga del Sur)

PAGADIAN CITY (PIA) – A total of 225 job applicants were hired on the spot in a jobs fair organized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the city government here on Thursday at the New Executive Function Hall this city.

DOLE-Zamboanga del Sur officer-in-charge Camilo Encila Jr. in his message said the applicants who were hired on the spot were composed of 162 males and 63 females.

The participating recruitment agencies, Encila added, include Century Pacific Foods , Permex Producer and Exporter Corporation, South Asia Canning, and Universal Canning are based in Zamboanga City.

“The canning industry and allied services allocated 1,973 vacant jobs for the job seekers in the city consisting of factory and production workers, office workers, etc.,” Encila dislcosed.

The jobs fair is a free employment facilitation program of the agency that ensures quality and decent employment for applicants from the region, facilitating the meeting of employers and job seekers.

The DOLE chief said the applicants would no longer exert time, money and efforts in finding job because vacant jobs are already available in the venue. “It is the employers who give the unemployed the opportunity to find a job,” he maintained.

City Councilor Bienvendio Culve, officer-in-charge of city mayor’s office said he was delighted that the DOLE and the city government partnered in launching the program saying, “It helps the unemployed persons especially the poor find job.”

Culve considered the recruitment agencies from Zamboanga City as partners in national development.

“The canning industry and allied services are partners of the DOLE and city government in providing jobs to the unemployed persons,” Culve added.

Encila said the first leg of the jobs fair was held in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay on April 6 followed by Pagadian on April 7, and on April 8 in Dipolog City.