ILOILO – In line with the celebration of Independence Day, the Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office 6 (DOLE-6) opened an online platform to help jobseekers find jobs amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
In partnership with Mynimo, the 2021 Kalayaan Online Job Fair generated 5,169 home-based applicants and 4,478 vacancies offered by 35 private companies and government agencies.
The virtual job fair produced some 136 HOTS (hired-on-the-spot) and 90 near hire applicants.
“We are happy with the results of the Kalayaan Job Fair,” said DOLE-6 regional director Cyril Ticao. “We campaigned hard to create this opportunity considering the impact of the pandemic to the labor sector and the need of the jobseekers to find a job.”
The newly-hired employees are now preparing for their employment with different government agencies, fast-food chains, and online service providers.
Others are on their way to business process outsourcing, health care service providers, and medical and pharmaceutical companies.
Applicants were also referred to the Department of Trade and Industry and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority for business opportunity and skills training, respectively.
“The regional office appreciates the participation of the different agencies and companies in offering vacancies to the jobseekers,” according to the regional director.
He was moved by the concerted efforts of the stakeholders in keeping the labor sector afloat.
“We acknowledge the different Public Service Employment Offices and the local government units in assisting the applicants in their localities as well as the members of media and the different stakeholders in the massive information dissemination of this activity,” he added.
The job fair is one of the activities under the Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan program, which aims to promote decent employment through entrepreneurship./PN
