ILOILO City – Seventy applicants were hired on the spot at the Labor Day job fair of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in this city on May 1.
A total of 1,068 applicants showed up at the job fair held at Marymart Center, according to DOLE assistant regional director Salome Siaton.
The 70 lucky applicants were hired by local companies.
None were hired on the spot for jobs overseas. Applicants were asked to submitted more requirements and undergo interview by the hiring companies, explained Siaton.
The job fair made available between 16,000 to 17,000 job vacancies in (1,651 for local employment; 1,472 for business process outsourcing; and 13,369 for overseas jobs).
Twelve business process outsourcing companies participated; 42 local companies; and 11 overseas recruitment agencies.
Other Labor Day-related activities organized by DOLE-6 were the following:
* Employer’s Forum (April 30) at Grand Xing Hotel, Iznart Street, Iloilo City
* Livelihood Forum (April 30), third floor, New Marymart Center
* Livelihood Fair (April 30), Terraza and McDo Hallway, Marymart Center
* walk for a cause (April 30), from Jaro Plaza to Marymart Center
* career coaching and entrepreneurship forum (May 1), third floor, New Marymart Center
* skills demonstration (May 1), mini plaza of Marymart Center
* zumba (May 1), Marymart activity center
* Livelihood Fair (May 2), Terraza and McDo Hallway, Marymart Center./PN
