PAGADIAN CITY, Jan.
16 (PIA) - - Some 2,000 job seekers turned up at the city commercial center
here today for the job fair spearheaded by the city government in partnership
with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
City Assessor and
Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Manager Joseph Isaias M. Quipot VI told
the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that the city government has been
tapping local business establishments to help provide job opportunities to the
locals.
“We are
strengthening local employment so that our workers would no longer go abroad,”
said Quipot.
Quipot also
disclosed that more than 10 local establishments and around five recruitment
agencies for overseas employment have joined the job fair.
Today’s job fair has
been one of the activities lined up in connection with the “Pasalamat”
(thanksgiving) festival in honor of this city’s patron saint, the Holy Child
whose festivity will be celebrated here on Sunday.
According to
Quipot, two more job fairs may take place in March and in June during the observance
of the city’s charter day and foundation day, respectively. (FPG/PIA9)