80 applicants hired on the spot at Ormoc Labor Day job fair

ORMOC CITY, Leyte, May 2 (PNA) -– A total of 80 applicants were hired on the spot during the job fair at City Hall organized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in observance of the 114th Labor Day celebration on May 1. Of that number, 69 were hired by local companies and 11 for overseas employment.

On the other hand, 69 are considered near hired for local employment. The result did not meet DOLE’s target of 20 percent on-the-spot hiring among the 583 registered applicants in the job fair, which was participated by 15 companies and five recruitment agencies offering employment abroad.

Ormoc is one of the two job fair sites organized by DOLE, the other one held at Leyte Academic Center in Palo town which caters to jobseekers from east coast Leyte as well as the provinces of Biliran and Samar island.

The one at Ormoc City Hall caters to jobseekers from Leyte west coast and Southern Leyte.

On the same occasion at City Hall, DOLE launched the Job Search Kiosk, a labor market portal housed in an automated teller machine-type stand-alone equipment which provides employment-related information including local and overseas job opportunities. It also provides employment facilitation like job search and skills matching.

It further helps job seekers at no cost fast-track access to relevant information on job openings and employers as well as hiring or upgrading requirements through the programs of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and career guides of Bureau of Local Employment.

The Ormoc activity also featured a livelihood fair participated by seven groups that displayed their products. Four of them came from Baybay City namely United Plaridel Weavers Assoc. for Rapid Development, Bubon Rural Improvement Club, Shanvee Food Products and Baybay Food Processors Assoc.

Two exhibitors came from Palompon town namely Atzaderas and Women’s Shellcraft Assoc. while Ormoc had only one which is Calubian Central Farmers Association. The theme for this year’s Labor Day celebration is “Kinabukasan Sigurado sa Disenteng Trabaho.” (PNA)

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