“About 300 employers have committed to provide employment opportunities for new graduates, displaced workers and other job seekers,” Conferido said in an interview.
But with the prevailing economic crisis that has adversely affected over 100,000 workers nationwide, the number of employment opportunities is still expected to be fewer than the job seekers.
Conferido said as much as 120,000 job seekers are expected to vie for the 80,000 available jobs.
“So far, more than 10,000 job seekers, mostly new graduates, have already pre-registered for the available positions,” he said.
He expressed confidence that many of the job applicants will find regular employment through the job fair.
DOLE, supported by various trade unions and private companies, launched a month- long job fair last March, which will culminate on May 1 at the SMX Convention Hall in Pasay City.
In the past jobs fair, only few workers were hired on the spot because of difficulty in completing the assessment of the qualifications of applicants and securing all the necessary requirements.
“It usually takes a day to assess the qualification, so this time we are giving the applicants more time to submit their resume so that employers can assess them,” Conferido said.
He added that DOLE would also undertake skills training during the month-long event to address the problem of mismatch of the needed and the available skills.
He noted that employment opportunities would be the government’s main gift for workers on Labor Day.
“The coming Labor Day is all about jobs and wage adjustment will not be the focus because of the economic crisis,” Conferido said.
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