MORE than 216,000 employment opportunities are set to be offered when the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) holds the annual Labor Day job fair on May 1.
In a statement, Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma disclosed that 216,144 job opportunities are set to be offered, including 181,933 local vacancies and 34,211 overseas jobs, during the simultaneous Labor Day job fairs.
“DOLE will be holding job fairs in 69 sites nationwide as part of the 123rd Labor Day Celebration, with 2,281 participating employers offering 216,144 job opportunities,” said Laguesma.
“The job fairs will be mounted as a special activity across all regions dedicated to the Filipino workers and job seekers,” he added.
The top five regions with the highest number of job offers are the National Capital Region with over 63,000; Central Luzon with around 32,000; Calabarzon with over 18,000; Western Visayas with nearly 18,000; and the Zamboanga Peninsula with more than 13,000 opportunities.
Participating job seekers can expect vacancies from the manufacturing, retail, business process outsourcing, accommodation/food service activities, and financial/insurance industries.
In particular, top vacancies include production operators, sales clerks, call center representatives, service crews, and microfinance officers.
DOLE said major companies will be among the participating employers, including SM, Robinsons, San Miguel Foods, Aboitiz, Toyota, Honda, Accenture, Epson, and Banco De Oro (BDO).
Job seekers may also apply for positions offered by companies, such as Union Bank of the Philippines, Meralco, DMCI Construction Company, 2Go Group, and McDonald’s, among others.
Other notable companies joining this year’s list of participating employers are Globe, LBC Express, Asia Brewery, Inc., and Puregold.
“This initiative with the private sector will bring thousands of local and overseas opportunities directly to Filipino job seekers,” said Laguesma.
DOLE said the main job fair venue on May 1 is at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.
