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Marcos assures job seekers gov't to help with job-matching

Published Feb 13, 2025 09:37 am

President Marcos assured job applicants in Iloilo City that the government would help them land a job that matches their skills.

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President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. speaks before job applicants during the Trabaho sa Bagong Pilipinas job fair in Iloilo City on Feb. 13, 2025. (RTVM Screenshot)

Before meeting local officials of the Regional Development Council VI and leading the second proclamation rally of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas, Marcos attended the job fair in La Paz, Iloilo City on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 13.

He told the people of Iloilo City that he dropped by to express his well wishes for the 2,000 applicants who registered for the job-matching event designed to assist graduating beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).

"[G]ood luck sa inyong lahat at makahanap kayo ng trabaho, hindi lamang, at nandyan po ang mga employer natin, na malaki rin 2,000 rin ang hinahanap nilang pwuesto para sa ating mga aplikante. Kaya’t palagay ko ay maganda ang pag-asa na makahanap ng trabaho ang mga nag-a-apply sa atin ngayon (Good luck to all of you and I hope you secure a job from the 2,000 job offers for the applicants. I believe, you have a good chance of landing a job today)," he told the applicants.

According to Marcos, the job caravan aims to help 4Ps beneficiaries to transition from government aid to self-sufficiency and financial independence by offering a wide range of jobs and pre-employment assistance.

He stressed that the event spearheaded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) intends to combat job mismatch among industries.

"At kasama na rin po diyan yung tinatawag na matching. Dahil po kung minsan ang nagiging problema sa nahahanap ng trabaho yung kakayahan ng tao ay hindi bagay dun sa trabaho na ina-applyan nila (And this includes job-matching. Because among the issues in seeking a job is the mismatch between the skills of the applicant and the position he is applying for)," Marcos said in his speech.

"Kaya tinutulungan namin sila para naman ay babagay dun sa kanilang kakayahan, yung kanilang tinatawag na skillset na mapupunta sila sa tamang trabaho (So, we are helping them to match their skillset to the right job)," he added.

During the event, the beneficiaries of the job fair were also assessed under the Employment Facilitation Track for the provision of the Employment Assistance Fund (EAF) amounting to a maximum of P5,000 each, which can be used for acquiring pre-employment requirements.

The job fair was dubbed "Trabaho sa Bagong Pilipinas."

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