EMLOYMENT EXPO. A group of teenagers check on the list of job vacancies for the Public Employment Service Office (PESO)-Iloilo Job Fair on June 7, 2019. Pre-registration of applicants are accepted on the PESO-Iloilo extension office at the third floor of the Iloilo Provincial Capitol here. (Photo by Gail Momblan)
ILOILO CITY -- A total of 39,305 vacancies are available in the one-day job fair to be facilitated by the Public Employment Services Office (PESO) in Iloilo this June 7.
Francisco Heler, PESO-Iloilo chief, said 8,025 job vacancies for local employment are up for grabs.
Also available are 31,374 jobs in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), tutorial, real estate, bank and microfinance, hotels and restaurant, retailers, medical fields, construction, hospitality; seaman, second cook, oiler, for sea-based agencies tanker; bale seaman and wiper for container; and master, chief officer, second and third officer for bulk carriers.
Heler said the job vacancies are expected to rise to 40, 000 as more companies expressed their intent to participate in the job expo. On Tuesday, a total of 150 companies already confirmed their participation.
Heler said an estimated 900 to 1,000 applicants had pre-registered at their extension office located at the third floor of the Iloilo Provincial Capitol here.
“This excludes those who pre-registered in different municipalities where the participants can also pre-register,” he said.
He also encouraged applicants to prepare their certificate of employment, clearances, and resume on the day of the expo.
The PESO chief also expressed his gratitude to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, National Bureau of Investigation, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, Social Security System, and special lanes for Persons With Disability (PWD) and Indigenous Peoples (IPs), among others, which will establish help desks during the job expo.
A total of 12 municipalities and the Newtrals Philbikers Organization in the province also extended their support to the job expo by offering free rides to jobseekers who will travel from municipalities to the Capitol.
An employment orientation will also be held on June 7 to teach participants on financial literacy and other topics, to help them in their employment, Heler said. (PNA)
