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More than 100 jobseekers hired on the spot at Labor Day mega job fair in Cagayan de Oro

Published May 2, 2023 10:10 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A total of 135 jobseekers composed of 67 males and 68 females were hired on the spot during the job fair spearheaded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Region 10 in this city on Labor Day.
A REPRESENTATIVE from a certain company accommodates a jobseeker in her application during the 121st Labor Day Mega Job Fair and Kadiwa ng Pangulo para sa Manggagawa at SM CDO Downtown Premier, Cagayan de Oro City, on Monday, May 1. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Information Agency Region 10) The majority of them were hired by different industries such as wholesale and retail, hotels, and manpower services. Roienna Joice Reasol, a graduating computer engineering student in one of the colleges here, thanked the organizers of the event, as she was hired on the spot. "I applied for a cybersecurity engineer position in sci-tech. The flow of the job fair is very smooth, and the employers are very friendly. I am very happy because I am a fresh graduate, and then I am able to enter a new job," Reasol told the Philippine Information Agency-Region 10 in an interview. The State’s labor and employment agency, in collaboration with the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in this city, conducted the mega job fair in celebration of the 121st Labor Day with theme "Bilihing Abot-Presyo ng Matatag na Trabaho para sa Manggagawang Pilipino," by providing value and honor to the contribution of all workers. The event was participated in by 89 partnered employers – 81 from local employers and eight from overseas – with a total job posting of 5,000 (3,839 from local job vacancies and 1,110 from overseas). The event is a continuing program of the agency to beef up employment and the economy that’s still reeling from the ill effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Estrella Uy-Pahalla, DOLE-10 OIC-director, said the tourism industry is one of the sectors that went down in terms of the employment rate out of the key employment generators from the Bureau of Local Employment. "One of the projects of the department is to bring up the tourism sector, and they’re included in every job fair that we have had. We had a kick-off last month, and this time they’re also included," Pahalla said in an interview with the Manila Bulletin on May 1. To guarantee the welfare of the workers, the DOLE-10’s top official assured intensive monitoring to ensure that all business establishments are following the recent wage order and the general labor standards, among others. Aside from the job seekers hired on the spot, the DOLE-10 also tallied 253 nearly hired jobseekers. This means that they still need further interviews or have to complete pre-employment documents. In the job fair, 17 exhibitors consisting of livelihood-assisted projects of DOLE-10, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Trade and Industry, the National Food Authority, and the Department of Tourism were also able to display and sell products on Labor Day.

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