The Muntinlupa City government and the Department of Labor and Employment-National Capital Region (DOLE-NCR) have signed an agreement to establish a job placement office at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa (PLMun).
With this, the PLMun will be the first university-based employment hub in Metro Manila.
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi, chairman of the PLMun Board of Regents, instructed Public Employment Service Office (PESO) manager Glenda Aniñon to coordinate with DOLE-NCR for the creation of the office at PLMun.
The job placement office will serve as an employment hub for students and alumni of the university and will extend its services to educational institutions in Taguig, Parañaque, and Las Piñas).
DOLE-NCR regional director Atty. Sarah Mirasol signed on Oct. 7 a memorandum of agreement with Aniñon, PLMun president Dr. Ellen Presnedi, PLMun Registrar Assoc. Prof. Ramonito Mesina and DOLE Director Leonides Castillon Jr. as witnesses at PLMun in Brgy. Poblacion, Muntinlupa.
Also part of the program are PLMun Office of Student Affairs chief Melonie Mater, DOLE-NCR’s Genevieve de Castro and Rey Sanglay, and DOLE-MUNTAPARLAS personnel CJ Torrecampo and Mary Chelsea Espinosa.
Mirasol extended his gratitude to PLMun and the Muntinlupa City government for the partnership and said that the collaboration project will help in creating more employment opportunities for the students.
“With this partnership, we look forward to a more holistic approach in the implementation of DOLE’s youth-employment bridging program for the students of PLMun. Apart from our flagship programs for the youth, it is also essential that we continue working together in coming up with innovative programs for students that are aligned with the new normal,” said Mirasol.
DOLE-NCR offers the following youth-employment bridging programs: Labor market information advocacies through career guidance and employment coaching, job referral and placement, labor education for graduating students, JobStart Life Skills Training Program, and Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES).
In addition, DOLE-NCR and Muntinlupa officials launched the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program for 436 beneficiaries on Oct. 7.
Under the TUPAD program, displaced workers will be employed to assist in various programs of the city government for a minimum period of 10 days. Beneficiaries will receive a minimum daily wage of P537.
This batch of TUPAD program is funded through the congressional budget of Rep. Ruffy Biazon and will be deployed in public schools in Muntinlupa.
Biazon graced the orientation of TUPAD beneficiaries and vowed to support them through various social programs.
Recently, the city government also partnered with DOLE-NCR for the launching of Bikecination and Bigasan livelihood programs for fully vaccinated workers coping with the effects of the pandemic and indigent city residents.
