150,000 jobs await applicants on Labor Day

By SHIANEE MAMANGLU
April 12, 2010, 4:18pm

 

The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) promised Monday to gather around 150,000 job vacancies during the Labor Day job and livelihood fair on May 1.

 

Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito Roque said local employers and overseas recruitment/manning agencies have assured to provide the needed jobs to qualified new graduates and jobseekers and help facilitate the employment of workers during the 108th Labor anniversary this year.

 

"There are actually plenty of jobs and other livelihood opportunities offered to workers during the Labor Day celebration,'' he said.

 

"The DoLE in Regions 1 to 12 including those in CAR, Caraga, and NCR have already started the groundwork for the participation of employers and the recruitment/manning agencies,'' Roque said.

 

For local jobs, Director Criselda Sy of the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) said 16,000 new graduates and other job hunters will be given on-the-spot employment on May 1.

 

The BLE is optimistic that it can provide jobs to about 15 percent of the projected 45,000 applicants nationwide, Sy said.

 

Among the local job offerings are business process outsourcing (BPO) or call center representatives and corporate, accounting and human resource personnel. Overseas jobs available include staff nurses, industrial electricians, welders, cooks, caretakers and those in information technology and carpentry.

 

Sy urged job seekers to register online with the DoLE's Philjobsnet in order to immediately match with available vacancies.

 

Sy said the labor department will also put up at the job fair venues a One-Stop Shop where new graduates and other new entrants to the labor force may avail themselves of pre-employment documentation services from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), National Statistics Office (NSO), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Social Security System (SSS), and PhilHealth.

 

At the same time, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is expected to conduct skills competition, demonstration, and training while other agencies will provide basic medical and first aid services, and legal and welfare assistance.

 

Aside from the job fair, the May 1 celebration will also showcase livelihood programs of DoLE and other government agencies.

 

The DoLE will likewise put up livelihood and productivity information booths to provide business counseling and entrepreneurship orientation to interested workers.

 

The May 1 celebration will be led by the country's biggest labor groups such as the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), National Alliance of Trade Unions (NATU), Federation of Free Workers (FFW), Trade Unions of the Philippines and Allied Services (TUPAS), Alliance of Filipino Workers (AFW), and other labor organizations.

 

It will be held in various venues at SM Megamall, SM North EDSA, SM Fairview, SM San Lazaro, and SM Southmall in Las Piñas.

 

The main event will be held at the SMX Convention Center at the SM Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City.

 

The theme for this year is "Manggagawang Pilipino, Kaagapay sa Pagbabago."

 

source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/252304/150000-jobs-await-applicants-labor-day