The Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) of Negros Oriental is expected to offer more than 6,000 job positions in local and overseas companies during the simultaneous jobs fair on May 1, in celebration of the 110th Labor Day at 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Robinson’s Place Dumaguete.
Dumaguete City is one of the 200 jobs fair venues conducted nationwide organized by TIPC and PESO in cooperation with private sector employers and local government units.
Dumaguete City Public Employment Services Office (PESO) Manager Socorro Mira, focal person of the jobs fair, said that of the 18 companies that signified participation in the event, 10 will offer overseas employment and eight (8) will hire workers for local employment.
Participating companies from various industries need various skilled workers as hotel crews, nurses, dental assistants, care takers, factory workers, among others, said Mira.
The PESO targets that at least 20 percent of registered applicants find jobs during the event.
In its continuous effort to provide prompt and efficient delivery of employment facilitation services to the unemployed, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) also set some job promotion activities in some areas of the province.
According to DOLE labor and employment officer Kenric Villaluz, Bayawan City will hold its jobs fair on May 11 and tree planting on April 28 in celebration still of the Labor Day.
Canlaon City will have a fun walk and labor issues symposium and Zamboaguita town will also have a motorcade and training for the rural workers, said Villaluz. (mbcn/JCT/PIA-Negros Oriental)
