Hundreds Land Jobs in Clark Freeport Jobs Fair

Clark Freport, Pampanga (PNA) — Thirty four applicants were hired on the spot while hundreds of others were up for tests and interview in the recent Clark Freeport Jobs Fair that was participated in by 57 locators inside this Freeport.

Rodem R. Perez, manager of the Marketing & Support Services Department of the Clark Development Corporation, (CDC) on Thursday said that out of the 1,300 job seekers who trooped to the recent job fair, 34 were hired on the spot, 308 others were qualified for tests/examinations and 314 were scheduled for further interview.

Perez said the one-day event is a project of the CDC, in partnership with Clark Investors and Locators Association (CILA), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region III, Public Employment Service Offices (PESO) of Pampanga and Marquee Mall as venue sponsor.

He said that some of the participating companies in the jobs fair were 3C ISSI; All Fashion Gloves; Beepo Inc.; Bestelement; Bizsolv Asia; CDCI; Clark Resort Travel & Amusement Corporation; Connext LLC; Duke Software; EGS; Faith in God; Foton; FSPhil; GFL Systems Clark Inc.; Gold’s Gym; Green Canyon Leisure Farm Corporation; IQOR Philippines, Inc.; Ivoline IBT Core Inc.; Kaixin Int’l Corporation; K-Mas; Laus Group of Companies, and Leadhustler.

As a continuing initiative to address issue on job mismatch, Perez said the CDC, Subic Clark Alliance Development Council, Technical Education Skills Development Authority, various colleges/universities and local government units in Pampanga have formally collaborated to prepare training needs assessments, implement programs such as the dual training system to have a labor market matching present and future needs of industries in Clark and Subic as well as contiguous communities. (PNA) LAP/ZST/RKM/PS