TACLOBAN CITY—Some 6,786 local and overseas job openings will be available on May 1 in typhoon-weary Eastern Visayas, the Department of Labor and Employment’s regional office said.
“The job fairs will be held in two key cities—Tacloban and Ormoc,” regional director Elias Cayanong said Wednesday.
This year’s Labor Day celebration is on the theme: “Disenting Trabaho at Kabuhayan, Alay Natin sa Bayan.”
DOLE’s assistant regional director Exequiel Ronie Guzman said that based on 2014 data for the Yolanda Recovery and Rehabilitation Plan, they have released P106,265,279 for 13,665 beneficiaries, and another P34,814,413.00 for the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Emergency and Employment Programs covering 7,279 beneficiaries.
At the Tacloban Convention Center, 70 local employers will hire 1,780 workers while 12 recruitment agencies will offer 3,914 job orders for overseas placement. In Ormoc, 12 local employers will offer 402 vacancies while six recruiters will fill 1,092 positions.