The Philippine Port Authority (PPA) is digitizing its recruitment processes from application to appointment, to help prevent spread of the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Starting today, July 20, PPA will start accepting applicants through its online recruitment portal (ORP) in compliance with the directive of the Civil Service Commission to formulate and adopt guidelines allowing for online recruitment and selection processes.
Jay Daniel Santiago, PPA general manager, said the ORP will pave the way for the hiring of personnel needed to plug the additional manpower requirements of the agencywhile the country is still under the state of public health emergency due to COVID-19.
“The ORP is a solution and productivity tool serving as an online platform in facilitating the submission of employment applications both for internal and external applicants of PPA,” Santiago said.
“The system likewise provides for online competency assessment, video conferencing for interviews, and deliberations by the PPA Promotion and Selection Board,” Santiago added.
Mark Jon Palomar, PPA human resource management department manager, said the portal is linked to the agency’s Human Resource Information System (HRIS) recruitment model.
“HRIS automates various recruitment, selection and placement processes from publication of vacant positions, evaluation of credentials, scheduling of exam/interview, shortlisting of applicants, and generation of relevant HR database, among others,” Palomar added.
The ORP also complements the online PPA examination which was implemented in April so as not to disrupt the process amid the pandemic.
The PPA has approximately 3,500 plantilla positions of which 1,700 are occupied. More than a thousand positions shall be filled using the ORP to provide vital personnel in all of PPA’s port management offices and terminal management offices as the agency has been undermanned for a some time.
