DOLE: Over 100k opportunities up for grabs on Labor Day job fairs

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday said thousands of job opportunities will be opened for jobseekers on May 1, Labor Day.

In celebration of the 120th Labor Day, the DOLE is rolling out Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan Job and Business Fairs to be participated by 900 employers nationwide.

In a statement, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said 102,426 local and overseas employment opportunities are up for grabs in fairs.

The Labor chief said the participation of employers in the May 1 job fairs is a testament to the fruition of the government's efforts at employment recovery that was heavily impacted by the pandemic.

"This job fair is one of the employment recovery strategies to restart economic activities, restore consumer and business confidence, upgrade and retool the workforce, and facilitate labor market access," Bello said.

Most of the vacancies in the 26 job fair sites are in the manufacturing, business process outsourcing, and retail/sales industries.

Bello said those looking for local employment may take advantage of the 73,671 jobs for production operators/machine operators, customer service representatives, collection specialists, retail/sales agents/promodisers, and sewers to be offered by 817 employers.

Meanwhile, 28,755 overseas jobs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore will be offered by 73 recruitment agencies.

The top overseas vacancies are for nurse/nurse aide; carpenter, foreman, and welder; food server; household service worker; and auditor.

The Labor chief said the main job fair site on May 1 is at the Kingsborough International Convention Center in San Fernando City, Pampanga, where over 10,000 jobs will be offered by 90 employers.

Most of the vacancies are for production operators, skilled sewers, customer service representatives, production helpers, call center agents, helpers, staff nurses, and collections specialists, he said.

Other job fair sites on May 1 are in the following regions:

•     National Capital Region – Arroceros Forest Park, Manila
•     Cordillera Administrative Region – Baguio Convention Center
•     Ilocos Region – 3F MMX Center, Magic Mall, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan; Tagudin Farmers Center, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur; Robinsons Place Ilocos, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte
•     Cagayan Valley Region – Robinsons Place Santiago City, Isabela
•     CALABARZON – St. Thomas Academy Gymnasium, Poblacion 3, Sto. Tomas, Batangas; Vista Mall, San Agustin, Dasmariñas, Cavite; Camp Vicente Lim, Brgy. Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna; Pacific Mall, ML Tagarao St., Brgy 3, Lucena City, Quezon; and Ynares Event Center Capitol Grounds, Antipolo City, Rizal
•     MIMAROPA – Robinsons Place, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan
•     Bicol Region – Robinsons Place, Naga City, Albay.

Jobseekers may also visit SM City Iloilo in Western Visayas; Trade Hall, SM City Cebu, Juan Luna Ave. Ext., Cebu City and Lamberto Macias Sports Complex, Capitol Area, Dumaguete City in Central Visayas; and Robinsons North Tacloban City in Eastern Visayas.

In Mindanao, the job fair sites are in the following regions:

•    Zamboanga Peninsula – East Wing, Ground Floor, KCC Mall de Zamboanga, Zamboanga City;
•     Davao Region – 3F Activity Area NCCC Mall Buhangin, Davao City and 4F Activity Area, NCCC Mall, Tagum City;
•     SOCCSKSARGEN – KCC Events Center, KCC Mall of Marbel, Koronadal City
•     CARAGA – Robinsons Place Butuan.

Meanwhile, job fairs held before May 1 were in Cagayan De Oro on April 28 and in Panabo City on April 29.

Another job fair will be held at the Parañaque City Hall Grounds on May 4.—AOL, GMA News