BACOLOD City – In celebration of the 122nd Labor Day today, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said around 9,770 job openings will be offered in Negros Occidental.
The Labor Day Job Fair, with the theme, “Sa Bagong Pilipinas: Manggagawang Pilipino, Kabalikat at Kasama sa Pag-asenso,” will be held at SM City Bacolod.
Carmela Abellar, head of DOLE-Negros Occidental, said interested applicants should pre-register for easier and faster entry to the job fair area starting 9 a.m. today.
Pre-registration can be done online or by scanning the quick response (QR) codes at the site.
Abellar said around 65 companies will offer both local and overseas jobs.
For local job offerings, the highest number of vacancies are for customer service representative or assistant, housekeeping personnel, promodiser, delivery rider, sales consultant, sales checker, bus driver, and steelman.
Overseas job vacancies include those for continuing care assistant, office and facility cleaning worker, caregiver, babysitter, packager and painter machine operator.
Among the top local industries looking for employees are those involved in business process outsourcing, wholesale/retail, transportation, financial/insurance, construction and manpower services.
Abellar added the Philippine Army will also join the job fair to accept applicants for officer candidates.
Earlier, DOLE Region 6 expressed optimism that the Labor Day job fair will significantly improve the employment rate in the region.
“Our hope is that through this job fair and future ones, we can further enhance the employment situation in the region. We don’t want poverty here; our dream is to help everyone succeed. This isn’t just DOLE’s job; it’s everyone’s job,” said DOLE-6 director, Atty. Sixto Rodriguez Jr. (With a report from the Philippine News Agency)/PN
