31 hired the spot during regional Labor Day jobs fair
A TOTAL of 31 applicants were hired on the spot in the recently concluded Labor Day Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan (TNK) Job and Business Fair 2022 held in the cities of Panabo, Tagum, and Davao.
The applicants were the most memorable. mostly hired by the construction “This is the most organized and manpower job fair I’ve been services industries. to. No long queues and the
Regielyn S. Raman, 27, process was smooth and one of the job seekers in the well run from the pre-reg
TNK Fair at NCCC Mall istration stage to the final
Buhangin on May 1, said interview. Plus, I was hired that she has joined several on the spot. It’s the best job job fairs but this one was fair ever!” she shared.
“I’m glad that luck was on my side when my employer hired me on the spot. Being unemployed for too long during this time is really challenging,” said Arnold Banlawi, 37, a repatriate OFW from Saudi Arabia.
The pandemic had forced him to return home after working abroad for seven years. “It’s been a tough year for me. That’s why I am grateful for the efforts of DOLE XI in implementing this activity in a way that is favorable to job seekers. This opportunity will really help me bounce back from the impact of the pandemic,” he added.
For this year’s Labor
Day TNK Fair, DOLE XI hosted three job fairs through a hybrid approach. The pre-registration, screening, and job matching stages were conducted online from April 25-29, 2022 for both local and overseas job opportunities. A total of 1,169 job seekers, including Regielyn and Arnold, were shortlisted during the online screening and were instructed to proceed to the job fair venues for a face-to-face interview with the employers.
In one of his interviews with the media, assistant regional director Jason P. Balais said that DOLE XI might carry on with this hybrid approach in conducting job fairs as we adjust to the new normal.