By
Alfonso T. Ruda
DAPITAN
CITY - A total of 101 jobseekers successfully landed jobs during
the Jobs and Livelihood Fair conducted on Labor Day at Cultural and Sports
Center (CSC) here.
Department
of Labor and Employment-Zamboanga del Norte (DOLE-ZN) Provincial Director Lourdes
Amores said a total of 9,194 overseas and 305 local vacancies were up for grabs
for the 472 applicants during the job fair. Eighty-three of them were hired by
local companies, 18 by overseas recruitment agencies, 33 were referred to the
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA and 20 were
referred to the DOLE’s integrated livelihood assistance.
In
addition, TESDA also provided free hair, manicure and pedicure during the said
fair, which was spearheaded by DOLE-ZN in coordination with the Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)-IX, TESDA and the city government of
Dapitan through its Public Employment Service Office (PESO).
DOLE-Zamboanga
del Norte Provincial Head, Lourdes Amores said a total of 9,194 overseas and
305 local vacancies were up for grab for the 472 applicants during the Job
Fair.
Of
this number, 83 were hired by local companies; 18 were hired by the overseas
recruitment agencies; 33 were referred to TESDA for training and 20 were
referred to the livelihood assistance of the Department of Labor and
Employment’s integrated Livelihood Assistance.
The
overseas recruitment agencies joining the job fair were Maanyag International
Manpower Services, Al Alamiya, MMML Recruitment Agency, Mother’s Way Overseas
Manpower Services, Zontar Manpower Agency and Workgroup International, and the
local companies included Alano and Sons, Katipunan Bank, Montaño Construction,
Mediatrix Homes, Prince Warehouse Club, Community Rural Bank of Dapitan,
Millenium Distributors Inc, Toyota Cagayan, Ariana Hotel, Vicente Lao
Construction, Virginia Hotdog and Gloria de Dapitan.