DOLE to Mount 65 Job Fairs on Labor Day

Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapils-Baldoz has announced that the Department of Labor (DOLE) will mount 65 job fairs nationwide on 1 May, Labor Day.

“The 65 job fairs will be simultaneous nationwide. These will be held in different venues in 16 regions under the overall supervision of the DOLE,” said Baldoz, adding that the 2014 Labor Day theme, “Sa Sipag, Tiyaga, at Talino, Buong Mundo Saludo sa Manggagawang Pilipino” will be reflected in all Labor Day activities as a way of recognizing the invaluable contribution of all Filipino workers to the continued growth and resurgence of the Philippine economy.

Baldoz said the 65 job fairs scheduled on 1 May will gather 1,985 employers who will be bringing in 115,384 job vacancies, easily
surpassing the close to 100,000 job vacancies registered in last year’s Labor Day job fair.

She said these numbers are preliminary and may increase, noting that it is still a full week before 1 May.

“As Labor Day approaches, the number of both participating employers and job vacancies are expected to increase, so job seekers of all types from every corner of the archipelago need to prepare to join the 65 job fairs, Baldoz explained.

According to the labor and employment chief, the Labor Day job fairs will provide job seekers convenient venues that will enable them to speed up their search for jobs and employers to fast-track their search for skilled and qualified personnel.

Baldoz’s announcement of the Labor Day job fairs came on the heels of the DOLE’s first quarter 2014 Consolidated Regional Operations Statistical Report showing that the DOLE has already mounted 266 job fairs from January 1 to March 31 this year.

She said that job fairs were attended by 81,859 job applicants, 10,065 of whom were hired on-the-spot by some of the 2,665
establishments/employers who brought in 367,656 job vacancies of all types to the job fairs.

In Region 7, five job fairs will be mounted at the Abellana National Sports Complex, 30 employers with 15,000 vacancies; Cebu Provincial Capitol, Cebu City, 35 employers with 2,500 vacancies; Robinson’s Place, Dumaguete City, 15 employers with 1,750 vacancies; SM Atrium, Consolacion, Cebu, 30 employers with 1,000 vacancies; and SM Trade Hall, Cebu City, 40 employers with 1,300 vacancies.