Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) director general Joel Villanueva said twenty-eight local and overseas companies participated in Wednesday’s jobs fair in Dumaguete City.
Tesda’s jobs fair is a pre-Labor Day celebration to provide employment of new technical-vocational graduates in Negros Oriental.
Villanueva said Tesda helps graduates find the right job after having a national certificate on the tech-voc programs so that they will be productive and improve their quality of life.
Villanueva said with hundreds of applicants looking for Tesda jobs bridging program, 86 applicants have already been hired-on-the—spot at Robinsons Place, Dumaguete City.
In the same occasion, Tesda showcased its Mobile Training Classroom plus Park and Train program for public awareness of an alternative modality of delivering quality-assured tech-voc programs to reach out far-flung communities.
In Negros Oriental, 15 local government units have already registered as mobile training classrooms where a tech-voc course is conducted inside a bus. The bus serves as the state-of the art classroom with multi-media equipment, computers, chairs, and materials.
The mobile learning center reaches out to youths who want to avail of free training so they can later get a job.
Tesda assists trainees find jobs or becoming self-employed under the Tesda Specialista Technopreneurship Program after they graduate wand have been assessed.
During the jobs fair, PhilHealth, SSS, NSO, and Pag-ibig had also participated to provide information on documentation services to the job applicants.
A skills demonstration in cooking, bartending, computer hardware servicing, garments and welding and free services in massage, haircut, nail care, blood pressure taking and computer trouble shooting had been offered during the day. (PIA)