Jobseekers flock to Kalayaan Day job fair in Dagupan
- Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/411497255785/jobseekers-flock-to-kalayaan-day-job-fair-in-dagupan
- Monday, June 12, 2017
- By VENUS MAY H. SARMIENTO (JNPD/VHS/PIA-1, Pangasinan)
DAGUPAN CITY, June 12 (PIA) - Hundreds of job aspirants flocked to the job fair in this city organized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in observance of the 119th Philippine Independence.
Engracio Bailon, branch manager of the DOLE-Central Pangasinan, said as of 12 noon, more than 300 applicants have registered for at least 3,100 local and overseas jobs that are up for grabs.
“We are expecting around 800 to a thousand registrants as can be seen from the long queue of applicants and we are hoping many of them will be hired on-the-spot because this is the real essence of a job fair — to provide employment and free the people from poverty,” Bailon told the Philippine Information Agency Monday.
Some 17 local companies offered job openings for customer and technical service representatives, production operators, service crews, machine operators, promoters and management trainees.
Six overseas employers offered work for medical staff, skilled workers, and household service workers.
Hand-in-hand with the job fair, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) led the training of 22 would-be entrepreneurs to aid them in their livelihood venture.
“A component of the job fair is the ‘Negosyo at Kabuhayan’ where entrepreneurs were oriented on how to start a business, how to register their business, and how to avail of financing facilities offered by DTI and DOLE,” Bailon added.
The central Pangasinan job fair is in cooperation with Nepo Mall Dagupan, DTI, Dagupan Public Employment Service Office (PESO) and national line agencies like Pag-Ibig Fund, PhilHealth, Social Security System, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, and Bureau of internal Revenue which offered one-stop services.
DOLE-Central Pangasinan covers the towns of San Fabian, Mangaldan, Mapandan, Calasiao, Malasiqui, Bayambang, Sta Barbara and the cities of Dagupan and San Carlos.