Cordillera Month Jobs Fair registers 799 job seekers
BANGUED, Abra - The jobs fair conducted during the recent
Cordillera Week celebration in Abra had so far registered the highest number of
job seekers ever since the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the
provincial government partnered in this endeavor.
Per record of DOLE – Abra, a total of 799 job seekers have
registered in the Jobs Fair conducted last July 14, the day before the
culmination program of the 27th anniversary of the Cordillera Administrative
Region held in and hosted by the province.
Fourteen applicants were hired-on-the-spot (HOTS) while applications
of 361 are being processed and considered for interview by the participating
agencies that have posted a total of 2,391 vacancies.
A total of 22 agencies participated in the Jobs Fair, 11 of
which are local; 8 overseas employment agencies; and 3 government agencies
particularly the Technical Education Skills Development Authority, Philippine
Statistics Authority, and the Professional Regulation Commission.
Most of the job vacancies offered by the overseas employment
agencies are available in the Middle East and various Asian counties.
DOLE Provincial Director Apollo Luspian thanked
Governor Eustaquio P. Bersamin for his all-out support to the said activity;
the active participation of the provincial and municipal managers of the Public
Employment Service Office (PESO), the Provincial Jobs Fair Committee
as well as the local media for drum-beating the fair.
For the year 2014, the DOLE-Abra had already conducted three
mini jobs fairs in the municipalities of Bangued, Dolores and Pidigan; and a
provincial job fair.
Meanwhile, DOLE awarded
P1,812,950.00 for the livelihood projects of three associations of local
micro entrepreneurs.These are the ASIST Young Entrepreneurs Association of
Lagangilang in the amount of P549,750.00; the LABS Chichacorn Processors
Association of San Juan with P837,120.00; and the NagtupacanFisherfolks
Association of Lagangilang- P426,080.00. (Maria Teresa Benas/JDP/MTBB – PIA
CAR, Abra)
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