100,000 jobs up for grabs on Labor Day Job and Livelihood Fair

At least 100,000 local and overseas job opportunities from 300 prospective employers will be available to jobseekers at the Department of Labor and Employment's Job and Livelihood Fair on May 1 in Pasay City.

DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the job fair at the World Trade Center is open to all jobseekers, new graduates, returning and displaced overseas Filipino workers.

"The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has lined up the participation of some 100 licensed private recruitment agencies, 75 of them land-based and 25 sea-based," she noted.

She said the Metro Manila job fair will have 200 participating local employers in the business process outsourcing, tourism, banking and finance, hotel and restaurant, health and wellness, and construction sectors.

The event will also offer livelihood counseling; product display and sales; franchising exhibits; video presentation of successful entrepreneurial, skills training, and job generation stories; and livelihood skills demonstration.

Organizing the Jobs and Livelihood Fair are the DOLE-National Capital Region, Bureau of Local Employment, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, and the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC).

The fair has the support of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board, Employees Compensation Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Center, Bureau of Labor Relations, National Labor Relations Commission, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Maritime Training Council, and the DOLE's Administrative Service, Legal Service, and the Labor Communications Office.

Also supporting the job fair are the National Bureau of Investigation, Social Security System, Bureau of Internal Revenue, National Statistics Office, Pag-IBIG, and PhilHealth.

Baldoz also said 33 similar job and livelihood fairs will also be held in cities and provinces across the country.

"We will soon announce the number of employers and job vacancies, and other features in the regional May 1 events," she said.

Job Fair Schedules for the Month of May

Date of Job Fair       Place of Job Fair
MAY 18, 2012        CITY HALL
MAY 14, 2012        TAGUIG CITY HALL
MAY 4, 2012          LRPESO
MAY 4, 2012          SOUTH STATION II
MAY 5, 2012          DIFF BRGY.
MAY 7, 2012    LRPESO
MAY 7, 2012          TAGUIG CITY HALL
MAY 9, 2012          CALOOCAN CITY HALL
MAY 9, 2012          COOP SMMPC
MAY 14, 2012        LRPESO
MAY 11, 2012        SOUTH STATION II
MAY 10, 2012    PASAY CITY
MAY 11, 2012        LRPESO
MAY 18, 2012    LRPESO
MAY 12, 2012    DIFFERENT BRGY.
MAY 2, 2012         CALOOCAN CITY HALL
MAY 1, 2012       SM MARIKINA
MAY 1, 2012     PLASTIC CITY GROUNDS
MAY 18, 2012     SOUTH STATION II MUNTINLUPA
MAY 18, 2012     DAANG HARI TAGUIG
MAY 19, 2012     BRGY. OLD BALARA QC
MAY 19, 2012     DIFFERENT BRGY.
MAY 19, 2012       DIFFERENT BRGY.
MAY 21, 2012 LRPESO MARIKINA
MAY 21, 2012 PESO OFFICE TAGUIG
MAY 23, 2012 BRGY. WAWA TAGUIG
MAY 24, 2012       MALABON CITY
MAY 25, 2012 LRPESO MARIKINA
MAY 25, 2012       SOUTH STATION II MUNTINLUPA
MAY 25, 2012       PASAY CITY HALL
MAY 26, 2012 DIFFERENT BRGY.
MAY 28, 2012     LRPESO MARIKINA
MAY 28, 2012     TAGUIG CITY HALL
MAY 30, 2012       LOWER BICUTAN TAGUIG