OVER 5,000 jobs will be offered in various job fairs in the country this November, as many establishments are expected to hire additional workers because of the coming holiday season, the Department of Labor and Employment said.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said more job opportunities await jobseekers as the department continues to conduct job fairs this month of November in partnership with the Public Employment Service Offices.
The labor chief said that 23 job fairs are initially scheduled for November in Regions 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, CAR and Caraga.
“We expect the number of job fairs for November to increase as soon as other DOLE regional offices have finalized their own schedules,” according to Bureau of Local Employment Director Dominique Rubia-Tutay.
The labor official said job seekers can find the dates of job fairs by using the PhilJobnet website.
She urged jobseekers to take advantage of these job fairs, saying that these are really effective in bringing together employers and job applicants under one roof.
“We encourage our jobseekers to join and participate in these job fairs for it speeds up the meeting of companies looking for potential employees and jobseekers seeking for employment,” Tutay said.
She also reminded jobseekers to bring with them the following documents before going to any of these job fairs: resumé or curriculum vitaé; 2×2 ID pictures (have multiple copies for multiple applications); certificate of employment (for those who were formerly employed); diploma; transcript of records; and authenticated birth certificate.