19,000 jobs available on Labor Day in Butuan City

BUTUAN CITY – About 18, 641 overseas job openings are available to job seekers during the job and business fair here next week to mark Labor Day on May 1.

The regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here also said about 12 overseas recruitment agencies and private companies are positioned to attend to the applicants during the job and business fair, in celebration of the 116th Labor Day of the DOLE to be held at the Oazis Hotel and Convention Center on JC Aquino Avenue on May 1, 2018.

The DOLE also announced that about 277 jobs are also available for local employment with seven local companies participating.

The highlights of the said event include the “Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan” (TNK) fair in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry, as well as the DOLE-attached agencies such as the NLRC, NCMB, OWWA, POEA, ECC (Employees Compensation Commission), Professional Regulations Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Center and the National Reintegration Center for OFWs.

Services offered by the aforementioned agencies will be readily available to workers and the public. These include employment and business counseling, processing of documents and selected services.

A One-Stop Service Center for the jobseekers is also available in the same venue in coordination with the different agencies such as SSS, HDMF, PHIC, NBI and PSA. Orientation briefing for those who want to avail of DOLE services such as livelihood assistance will also be held. A Skills Demonstration as well as “Larong Pinoy” for the informal sector and ITCs will also be offered.

The celebration which will be spearheaded by DOLE 13 Regional Director Chona Mantilla, will start with a mass to be held at the St. Joseph Cathedral, to be followed by a motorcade onward to the job and business fair/TNK at the Oazis Hotel.