If you want to be part of the Duterte administration's flagship "Build, Build, Build" program, here's your chance.
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark A. Villar announced on Monday, August 9 the launch of its nationwide virtual job fair dubbed “Bigay Trabaho”: DPWH Jobs Fair 2021.
“Our Build, Build, Build Program will still require millions of local manpower nationwide despite the pandemic. Jobs will allow communities to recover from the economic impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease)," Villar said in a statement.
As per the DPWH, the openings up for grabs in the virtual job fair include construction jobs such as engineers, carpenters, steel man, welder, scaffolder, electrician, painters, and laborers.
Villar said the online event was conceptualized with the agency's contractors as a way to help local jobseekers, particularly those who were displaced amid the ongoing public health emergency.
“I am inviting jobseekers to check our website, our official social media sites for job postings starting Monday, or they can directly contact us at: Landline no. (02) 16502, Viber no. 0961-684-7084, or email at markvillar_bigaytrabaho.dpwh.gov.ph,” said the DPWH chief.
DPWH estimates that round 1.6 million jobs will be generated from its budget of P695.7 billion this 2021.
Interested individuals may also directly check official Facebook pages of specific DPWH Regional Offices for job opportunities in their locality.
Began in earnest in 2017, Build, Build, Build was billed to usher in a “golden age of infrastructure” in the Philippines. Some P8 trillion worth of funds will have been poured into the initiative by the end of the Duterte administration in 2022.
Villar, the de facto "chief builder" of the administration, gives regular updates on the progress of Build, Build, Build projects on his social media.