5 THE ECONOMY
EDGEDAVAO VOL. 6 ISSUE 30 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, APRIL 26-27, 2013
Over 30,000 vacancies in Labor Day job fairs By Greg G. Deligero
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VER 30,000 jobs will be available in three major job fairs set to be launched by the Department of Labor and Employment 11 (DOLE) in Davao City and Tagum City to coincide with the country’s celebration of Labor Day on May 1. Atty. Joefrey M. Suyao, DOLE 11 regional director, said a total of 30,141
of vacancies will be available for job seekers in the job fairs to be simultaneously held in Gaisano Mall of Tagum, Gaisanao Mall of Davao and SM City of Davao. The job fair in Gaisano Mall in Davao will be extended up to May 2. Suyao said DOLE personnel will assist jobseekers in various stages of application process— from employment facili-
tation up to the interview area. Job fairs in Davao City will be handled by personnel from the agency’s regional staff and Davao City and Davao del Sur field offices while the job fair in Tagum City will be handled by DOLE field offices in Davao del Norte, Compostela Valley province and Davao Oriental. A job fair pre-registration is slated on April
26-30 at the SM City Davao and Gaisano Mall of Davao. “To fully facilitate the employment of jobseekers, we have invited government agencies to provide pre-employment services,” he said. The invited agencies include the Social Security System, National Statistics Office, the National Bureau of Investigation and Pag-IBIG.
ARRIVAL. Visitors from Manila gather around the baggage carousel to get their luggage inside the Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Buhangin, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
Suyao said that during employment facilitation, the applicants found to be unqualified for vacant jobs will be referred to the desk of Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda) “to help them know how and what trainings they need.” To complement the job fairs, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration will be setting up an information desk that will offer free overseas calls to families of Overseas Filipino Workers with Globe Telecom as its partner. The Philippines Overseas Employment Authority will also join the job fairs to answer queries on legal matters and monitor the agencies which are participating in the activities. Of the total number of vacancies, 19,497 are overseas and 3,730 are local. The top ten in demand local jobs are technical support representative, customer service consultant, call
center agent, waitress and waiters, online tutors, accounting staff, management trainees, sales associate or representative, teller and IT specialist and computer programmers. In the overseas, the top ten in demand job are domestic helper, household service worker electrician, technician, waitress and waiters, receptionist, engineer, mason and carpenter, babysitter and driver. Suyao said there are 222 companies participating in the jobs fair this year, 156 of which are for local employment while 66 are for overseas, an increase of 55.24 percent from 143 companies which participated in 2012. DOLE data showed that among the major industries, job vacancies are high in cyber services followed by wholesale and retail, personal and household goods, social and personal service activities and manufacturing.