Get Hired on Labor Day: Nationwide Job and Livelihood Fair on May 1
Apr 12, 2011
A nationwide job and livelihood fair will be the main centerpiece of the events that the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has prepared for this year’s celebration of Labor Day on May 1. The theme of this year’s celebration is, "Matuwid na Daan Tungo sa Kaunlaran Para sa Lahat."
The said job and livelihood fair promise to offer over 30,000 local and overseas employment opportunities as it will be participated by more than 150 local employers and 50 private agencies. It will be simultaneously conducted in National Capital Region (NCR) and in 16 more regions in the Philippines. The said job fair will be held at Rizal Park in Manila on May 1. The venues for regional offices are provided below.:
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Regions |
Venues |
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Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) |
SM Baguio and Baguio Convention Center
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Region 1 (Ilocos) |
SM Rosales, Pangasinan |
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Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) |
Francisco L. Dy Coliseum, Cauayan, Isabela |
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Region 3 (Central Luzon)
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SM San Fernando, Pampanga and SM Baliwag, Bulacan
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Region 4A (CALABARZON) |
SM Sta. Rosa, Laguna and SM Rosario, Cavite |
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Region 4B (MIMAROPA)
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Divine World College, Calapan City
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Region 5 (Bicol)
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SM Naga City |
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Region 6 (Western Visayas)
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SM Iloilo and SM Bacolod
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Region 7 (Metro Cebu and Central Visayas) |
SM Cebu City, Cebu International Convention Center, Abellana Sports Complex City, Cebu City and Macias Sports Complex, Dumaguete City |
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Region 8 (Western Visayas)
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Tacloban City Convetion Center |
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Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula)
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Western Mindanao State University Gymnasium, Zamboanga City, and Gaisano Capital, Pagadian City |
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Region 10 (Northern Mindanao)
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SM Cagayan de Oro
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Region 11 (Davao Region ) |
SM Davao, Gaisano Mall Davao
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Region 12 (Central Mindanao)
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KCC Mall General Santos |
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CARAGA—DOLE Regional Office
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DOLE Regional Office |
The DOLE secretary, Rosalinda Baldoz said, "The job and livelihood fairs show our renewed national commitment to the righteous governance, anti-corruption, and anti-poverty focus of the Aquino III administration."
She added, "We are offering workers the opportunity to find productive jobs, as well as safety nets and non-wage benefits, in the Job and Livelihood Fairs that are one of the centerpiece events of the celebration."
Pre-registration is a must!
The Labor secretary encouraged jobseekers to pre-register online. According to Baldoz, pre-registration will greatly increase one’s chance of landing a job. This is because all companies and agencies that are participating in the job fair will have access to the résumés of registered applicants. Companies will pre-screen the applicants and schedule them for an interview on the day of the event. The pre-registration aims to increase the number of Hired on the spot (HOTS) applicants.
She said, "We invite jobseekers to log on to Phil-JobNet and make their selves available to our roster of employers, who are expected to bring about 30,000 job vacancies to the Job and Livelihood Fair. Pre-registration would give our job applicants a higher chance of finding a job suited to their qualifications,"
Baldoz also said that pre-registration will provide a quicker and easier mechanism for job selection and processing by employers and companies.
To pre-register, jobseekers may log on to www.phil-job.net.
Deadline for online pre-registration: April 30
