The Department of Labor and Employment recently recognized Caloocan City among the local government units with the “Best Employment Program and Services.”
As part of DoLE’s 2015 Search for Best PESO (Public Employment and Services Office), Caloocan was awarded a plaque of recognition for implementing employment programs and services for its residents.
Caloocan’s Labor and Industrial Office-Public Employment Services Office is the city’s job-generation arm, and scored highly in the Best in Referral and Placement and Best in Career Guidance and Employment Coaching categories.
The citations indicate that among participating LGUs, Caloocan has the most referral approvals from its partner companies, and almost all applicants landed jobs with them.
Hired applicants from Caloocan were also among the best performing workers through the effective career guidance and employment coaching of LIRO-PESO, the DoLE citation said.
Caloocan Mayor Oscar Malapitan’s various infrastructural reforms invite business people and investors to establish their businesses in the city. This creates jobs for residents, “which greatly help battle unemployment,” the Labor department said.
Moreover, the Caloocan City Manpower Training Center also gained a Certificate of Recognition from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority for being the top contributor of enrolled students and graduates of community-based vocational-technical courses for the years 2015 and 2016.
CCMTC offers free vocational-technical skills to residents, and helps them get employed after they complete a course, Tesda said. To avail of the many employment, livelihood, skill training, and other services provided by the local government, residents only need to visit LIRO-PESO at city hall, Malapitan said.
