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3rd Quarter 2011 Job Fair Schedule

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The tentative schedules of the job fairs for the 3rd quarter of 2011 in various regions of the country are as follows: For July 2011: Region 2— July 4, Diffun, Quirino (under the auspices of the local government unit (LGU) of Diffun in cooperation with DOLE-Region 2); July 27, Aglipay, Quirino (LGU Aglipay /DOLE RO-2); Region 5—July 12 to 13, Covered Court, Malilipot, Albay (Public Employment Service Office-LGU); Region 6—July 15, 2011, San Miguel Covered Gym, San Miguel, Iloilo (PESO); and Region 10—July 1, Magsaysay Gym (LGU).

For August 2011: Region 5—August 30 to 31, Daet Heritage Center, Daet, Camarines Norte (PESO-LGU); Region 6— August 25, Amigo Plaza Mall, Iznart Street, Iloilo City; Region 8—August 10 to 11, Maasin (LGU); and Region 10— August 27 to 28, City Gym, Valencia City, Bukidnon (LGU).

For September 2011: Region 2—September 9, PG Quirino (Provincial Government of Quirino/DOLE); Region 4A—September 23, 3rd Quarter Municipal Job Fair, Los Baños, Laguna; Region 5—September 5 to 6, Covered Court, Daraga, Albay; September 14 to 15, 3rd Floor, Municipal Hall, Labo, Camarines Norte (PESO-LGU; Region 6—September 16, Amigo Plaza Mall, Iznart Street, Iloilo City (Philippine Call Center Institute Iloilo [PCCI-Iloilo]; Region 8 — September 1, Dulag Supermarket 2F, Dulag, Leyte (LGU Dulag/DOLE); and Region 10—September 23, Legislative Building, Opol (LGU).

More Than 100,000 Job Openings on Labor Day

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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today bared that more than 100,000 opportunities will be made available to new graduates and other job seekers during the Labor Day “ JOBS LIVE! ,” a nationwide job and livelihood fair that will proceed simultaneously in Metro Manila and across the 15 other regions of the country during the celebration of Labor Day on May 1, 2010.

Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque said the nationwide job and livelihood fairs will be the key highlight of the Labor Day 2010 celebrations across the country in honor of the Filipino workers on the theme, “Manggagawang Pilipino, Kaagapay sa Pagbabago.”

The Labor and Employment Chief emphasized that the “JOBS LIVE!” job fair will be joined, in the National Capital Region (NCR), by around 150 employers that would make available some 80,000 job vacancies abroad and about 30,000 opportunities for local employment, complemented by the employers and legitimate overseas recruiters offering more opportunities in the regional job fairs.

At the same time, Roque said that “JOBS LIVE!” will feature livelihood components carrying for sale/display a wide variety of attractive Philippine products and handicraft made chiefly by the beneficiaries of the DOLE’s assistance programs for the disadvantaged Informal Sector, along with opportunities for counseling and assistance on micro-entrepreneurship, skills demonstrations, and others.

Labor Undersecretary Lourdes M. Trasmonte, who chairs the DOLE’s Labor Day 2010 Steering Committee, said the opportunities during the nationwide fair comprise a wide range and variety of jobs here and abroad available to qualified job seekers. Based on the tentative inputs of the various DOLE’s Regional Offices (RO), the productive opportunities are from the country’s vibrant Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Information Technology (IT) services industries, the construction, wholesale and retail, engineering, automotive, food and beverages, catering, hotels and restaurants, agriculture and agri-related business, transportation, manufacturing, apparel, education, banking and finance, travel and tourism, real estate, hospital and medical services, and other sectors. Specifically, they include job vacancies for call center agents, office personnel, service crew, engineers, factory personnel, banking personnel, insurance personnel, healthcare personnel, and many others.

Roque had earlier encouraged jobseekers to register with JOBS LIVE! by logging on to the DOLE’s computerized Philjobnet system in the Internet (http://phil-job.net) for the purpose of pre-screening by the participating employers, to be responded by email for those who qualified for interview containing final instructions on their application during the May 1 job fair. On top of being a convenient option for job seekers particularly for those at the main SMX and SM Megamall venues, this would assist in providing a clearer picture on the number of workers hired on the spot, as well as the skills in demand including those that weren’t filled up due to lack of qualified applicants. Nonetheless, he emphasized that in the nationwide fairs, jobs will be made available even for non-experienced applicants, adding that those deciding not to pre-register will have access to manual registration in all other venues, with many other opportunities in the Philjobnet system posted by employers available to those in search of jobs year-round.

Trasmonte said that currently, the Phil-Jobnet system, under the aegis of the DOLE’s Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) headed by Director Maria Criselda R. Sy, is already assisting interested applicants for online pre-registration through http://phil-job.net, where they can gain free access to job vacancies, submit job applications on-line, query job opportunities, and be considered for job matching. She emphasized that the pre-registered applicants — already numbering more than 8,000 as of April 28 or just two days before the fair — will be accommodated only at the SMX and the SM Megamall on May 1, nonetheless, all the other job fair venues have manual registration for those who have not pre-registered online.

Amidst the development, Regional Director Raymundo G. Agravante of the DOLE’s National Capital Region (NCR) Office apprised Trasmonte that the number of employers in the NCR confirming the availability of vacancies for the JOBS LIVE! Job fair is growing by the day. Agravante cited the cooperation of the major labor federations, the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc., (FFCCCII) and other employers’ groups, the Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) of various cities, the PESO Association of Metro Manila (PAMM), the Regional Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (RTIPC), and others, in the ongoing preparations for the fairs. He said that in the NCR, the fairs will proceed in the following venues simultaneously on May 1: the SMX Convention Center, the SM MEGAMALL Mega Trade Halls 1&2, SM North EDSA, SM Southmall, SM Fairview, and SM San Lazaro. He said that both the number of opportunities and participating employers are expected to rise further as more confirm their participation at the approach of Labor Day.

Roque reiterated that the nationwide Labor Day event also affirms the greater social partnership with government, management, local government units (LGUs), the civil society and other sectors, as he cited their role in making the productive opportunities available to job seekers during the forthcoming fair.

He said that the nationwide fairs will be supervised by the DOLE’s Regional Offices (ROs) across the country, as well as the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE), hand-in-hand with major labor groups such as the Association of Filipino Workers (AFW), the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), Associated Labor Unions (ALU), All Workers Alliance of Trade Unions (AWATU), Federation of Free Workers (FFW), Trade Unions of the Philippines and Allied Services-World Federation of Trade Unions (TUPAS-WFTU), Philippine Government Employees Association (PGEA), Philippine Organization of Labor Unions (POLU), and Philippine Transport and General Workers Organization (PTGWO).

Meanwhile, other DOLE ROs nationwide indicated that the key venues of the regional job fairs in their respective areas during the Labor Day celebrations are as follows: Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) – SM Baguio, Baguio International Convention Center; Region I – SM Rosales, Pangasinan; Region II – Paseo Real, Tuguegarao City; Region III – SM San Fernando Pampanga, SM Clark, Pampanga, SM Marilao, Bulacan, and SM Baliwag, Bulacan; Region IV-A -SM Sta. Rosa, Laguna, SM Dasmariñas, Cavite, SM Lipa, Batangas, SM Taytay, Rizal, and SM Lucena; Region IV-B – Municipal Gym Compound, San Jose Occidental, Mindoro; Region V – SM Naga; Region VI – SM Iloilo and SM Bacolod; Region VII – SM City Cebu, Cebu International Convention Center, Avellana Sports Complex; Region VIII – Tacloban City Convention Center; Region IX – Western Mindanao State University, Gaisano Capital; Region X – SM Cagayan De Oro; Region XI – SM Davao; Region XII – South Cotabato Protech, Kidapawan City Gym, Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat, South Seas Mall, Robinsons Gensan; and CARAGA – DOLE Regional Office Grounds, Butuan City.

The major sponsors of the nationwide Labor Day 2010 JOBS LIVE! are Globe, Banco de Oro (BDO), SM Supermalls, SMX Convention Center, Systems Technology Institute (STI), Social Security System (SSS), Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), Pag-IBIG Fund, Asia Brewery, Inc., and Vibal Publishing.

400,000 Job Openings On Independence Day Job Fair

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Celebrate Philippine Indepedence with a bang. 400 Thousand Job openings are offered to different parts of the country supported by the Philippine government. Here we list all the job openings schedules and venues of the job fair that you can visit to find jobs. Remember to mark your calendars, tell your friends and family, and take note on the venues.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today said that more than 1,400 employers are actively joining the biggest job fair in the country’s history set during the historic celebration of the 111th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence beginning June 12.

The latest preliminary report reaching Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque, showed that the employers, collectively, will make available almost 400,000 productive local, overseas, and government employment opportunities to new graduates and other job seekers during the nationwide, three-day event dubbed as the “Kalayaan 2009 Mega Job and Livelihood Fair.”

The figure is expected to rise further prior to and during Independence Day. So far, the participating employers include 271 government agencies offering some 62,233 job vacancies, 761 private local employers offering 63,044 job vacancies, and 436 overseas recruitment agencies offering 273,830 land and sea-based opportunities.

Roque said that no less than President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will lead the nationwide commemoration of the 111th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence on June 12, 2009 on the timely and appropriate theme of, “Kagitingan, Kagalingan, at Kasipagan: Tungo sa Tunay na Kalayaan.”

The Labor and Employment Chief said that the three-day main Kalayaan 2009 Mega Job & Livelihood Fair will commence on June 12 until June 14, 2009 at the Rizal Park in Manila, as well as in other convenient venues in 16 regions around the Philippines.

Roque cited the country’s Three Plus (3+) Social Partners (labor, management, government and other sectors) for joining hands with the DOLE in its effort to lead and ensure the success of the country’s 111th Independence Day celebrations, as well as specific sponsors who include the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) and others, for lending their hand in the country’s biggest job fair for the benefit of new graduates and job seekers.

At the Rizal Park, the main job fair, under the supervision of the DOLE’s National Capital Region (NCR) Office, complemented by the Bureau of Local Employment and the BLE-supervised PHIL-JobNet system (www.phil-job.net), along with other agencies, will proceed Infront of the Quirino Grandstand from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily, as follows:

- June 12 (Day 1) – Job Fair for Employment in Government Agencies, which will offer various vacancies including regular positions for job seekers with Civil Service Eligibility and other qualifications, AFP-enlisted personnel positions, as well as short-term emergency employment;

- June 13 (Day 2) – Job Fair for Local Employment, which will highlight jobs in call centers, BPOs, IT services, wholesale and retail, construction, food and beverages, catering, hotels and restaurants, travel and tourism, manufacturing, agriculture and agri-related businesses, and real estate; and,
- June 14 (Day 3) – Job Fair for Overseas Employment, which will feature vacancies for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in land- and sea-based positions from various host nations overseas.

The Labor Chief also said that on top of the main job fair in Luneta for the benefit of job seekers in the National Capital Region (NCR), the various DOLE Regional Offices (ROs) nationwide will supervise job and livelihood fairs in their respective regional areas, as follows:

CAR: June 12-14 / Baguio Convention Center;

Region 1: June 12-14 / CSI City Mall, San Fernando City;

Region 2 – June 12-14 / Cagayan National High School Mamba Gym, Tuguegarao;

Region 3 – June 12-13 / Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium, Malolos; and June 14 – Event Center, SM City, Baliuag;

Region 4-A – June 12-14 / Calamba City Hall, Laguna; June 12 – Kawit Aguinaldo Shrine, Cavite; June 13-14 – Imus Plaza, Cavite; Region 4-B – June 12 / Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro / Calapan City;

Region 5 – June 12-14 / Albay Astrodome, Legazpi City;

Region 6 – June 12-14 / Amigo Plaza Mall Activity Center, Iloilo City;

Region 7 – June 12-14 / SM Cebu City;

Region 8 – June 12-13 / Astrodome, Tacloban City;

Region 9 – June 12 / Summit Center Universidad de Zamboanga, Zamboanga City; June 13 / Molave Gymnasium, Zamboanga del Sur; June 14 / Siay Gymnasium, Zamboanga Sibugay;

Region 10 – June 11-12 / Provincial Capitol Ground, Cagayan de Oro City; June 13-14 / SM Car Park, Cagayan de Oro City;

Region 11 – June 12-14 / NCC Mall, Matina, Davao City;

Region 12 – June 12-14 / Rizal Park, Koronadal City; June 13-14 / KCC Mall Convention Center, Gen. Santos City; CARAGA – June 12-14 / Almond Inland Hotel, Butuan City, and; ARMM – June 12, 2009 / Shariff Aguak.

The specific sponsors to the DOLE-led Kalayaan 2009 Mega Job & Livelihood Fair are Globe-Abot Mo ang Mundo; Asia Brewery; FFCCCII; AMA Education System; Philippine Airlines; RFM Corporation; New Job Market of the Philippine Daily Inquirer; Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor); PHIL-JobNet; and the City of Manila.

Government Agencies To Join Job Fair & Conduct Recruitment on June 12

For the first time, some 85 government agencies including the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will participate and offer more than 47,000 vacancies in the three-day job and livelihood fair which will be held over the weekend in 19 cities nationwide as part of this year’s celebration of the 111th anniversary of Philippine independence.

Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque said the participating government agencies would conduct the recruitment of qualified applicants on June 12, the first day of the three-day event dubbed Kalayaan 2009 Mega Job and Livelihood Fair. The second and third day of the job fair on June 13 and 14 would feature employers and recruitment agencies offering vacancies for local and overseas employment, respectively.

Roque paved the way for the participation of the government agencies in the Kalayaan job fair, which in the past involved only private sector employers seeking skills that meet their requirements.

For the first time, the government will open its vacancies to the public through the Independence Day job fair, Roque said noting that its participation in the job fair would attract more applicants and, thus, enable it to widen its search for the best skills and talents who can contribute in running a more effective bureaucracy.

The participating government agencies would offer thousands of unfilled regular plantilla positions for jobseekers with civil service eligibility, PRC license, and other qualifications. The Department of Agriculture (DA) has the biggest number of unfilled vacancies at 12,000.

Representatives from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) would also be at the fair to entertain individuals who want to join the military.

The public sector agencies would also offer more than 30,000 short-term emergency employment for displaced workers, unemployed youth, and jobseekers seeking clerical, technical, and entry-level positions. Topping the agencies with the highest number of available emergency jobs is Department of Education with almost 9,000 followed by the DENR with 675, DND with 3,134, DOLE with 2,581, and DTI with 1,335.

Roque said the hiring of temporary workers by government agencies is part of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s emergency employment program which is being implemented along with pump priming efforts aimed at helping the people cope with the global economic downturn.

He said the President issued Executive Order No. 782 directing all government offices including local government units, government-owned corporations and state schools at the provincial and regional levels to employ temporary workers using 1.5% of their maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE).

To facilitate job matching and placement, Roque asked jobseekers to register with the Kalayaan 2009 job fair by logging on to http://phil-job.net for pre-screening by participating employers.

Aside from job matching, the job fair would also allow jobseekers to obtain pre-employment documentation services from the SSS, NBI, NSO, BIR, and DFA. There will also be legal assistance, Libreng Tawag for OFWs (c/o Globe), and technology and skills demonstration as well as livelihood assistance for workers who want to engage in alternative income sources.

Meanwhile, the Kalayaan Concert to be conducted at the Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz, Rizal Park, Manila on the evening of June 12, will feature Filipino international singing sensation Ms. Charisse Pimpengco. The late celebrity actor, host and rap singer Mr. Francis Magalona will also be honored for his work that has spawned patriotic ardor among the Filipino youth.