Businessman to prioritize hiring of CCA grads

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2016/04/25/businessman-prioritize-hiring-cca-grads-469950
• Monday, April 25, 2016

(AC-CIO)

ANGELES CITY – "The 184 graduates at CCA have priority in the available jobs at Converge Group. That is my gift to you on this very special day."

Thus said Converge Chief Executive Officer and Angeleño businessman Dennis Uy during his commencement speech in the recent graduation rites at the City College of Angeles (CCA).

As they graduate this year, the students from CCA will be offered with several job opportunities in the immediate community: one of these being a choice applicant in Uy's companies.

"I will assure all of you that I will prioritize the graduating students of CCA who are interested in applying in any of my companies. This is my part in building a better society here in Angeles," the businessman said.

"One of my goals in business is to provide job opportunities to many. However, if, in any chance, they find another company, which can give a higher salary then, I will let them go. I never stop people from having better lives. This is why I'm here for, to push people to be better, to have better lives," he added.

The companies of Uy are hiring more employees, especially graduate students, in order to train individuals and prepare them for better opportunities.

Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan lauded Uy for his support and commitment to uplift the lives of the less fortunate, not only by extending them employment, but also by giving out scholarships.

Pamintuan also said that providing them employment opportunities right after they graduate is another dream fulfilled for both the local government and the administrators of the CCA.

"When we built the City College in 2012, we made the promise of creating courses which are market sensitive. These courses would then generate jobs that would immediately benefit the community, not to mention the graduates themselves, because they could get jobs as soon, or even before, they get their hands on a diploma," said Pamintuan.

"Uy is just one of the good guys whom we partnered with in this endeavor. We also have several locators in Clark and a handful of companies in the city waiting for our graduates," the mayor added.

Pamintuan also assured the CCA students that he, along with his partners and friends in the private and public sector, will support more scholars in the coming years.

The CCA is the only educational institution in the Philippines to have CISCO certification.