Recruiters return to Yolanda-hit Tacloban for another job fair

Tags: Tacloban City

Labor officials and recruitment agencies returned to Tacloban City Tuesday for a second job fair seeking to benefit survivors of super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration head Hans Leo Cacdac posted on his Twitter account they are to conduct relief and medical missions first.

The Department of Labor and Employment said the job fair will be on Jan. 22, Wednesday, a day after the relief mission.

Wednesday's job fair will be held at Rizal Park in Tacloban, one of the areas hit hardest by Yolanda.

It will have the theme "May Bukas Pa," and will underscore Filipinos' resolve as a nation to think and act positively despite the challenges they had gone through, DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said.

"There is always hope and we should take every available opportunity to hasten our recovery,” she said.

Also taking part in the job fair are:

  • Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)
  • Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)
  • Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
  • Bureau of Local Employment (BLE)
  • DOLE Regional Office VIII
  • Tacloban City government
  • regional and provincial Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs)
  • private sector employers
  • licensed recruitment agencies

In the job fair, 35 overseas recruitment agencies will be offering more than 13,400 job vacancies.

The vacancies are mostly for professionals and skilled workers for countries such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Dubai, Kuwait, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Turkey, Papua New Guinea, USA, and Canada.

"For local employment opportunities, 10 employers have confirmed participation in the jobs fair offering a total of 2,100 job vacancies in Cebu, Batangas, Cavite, Parañaque, and Metro Manila," the DOLE said.

Other government agencies, such as the SSS, Pag-IBIG, NBI, NSO, and DFA are expected to join and assist job applicants in their documentary requirements. — LBG/VC, GMA News

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