Companies inside the First Philippine Industrial Park in Batangas province are looking to hire more than a thousand workers to augment the labor requirement inside the economic zone.
FPIP, a part of the Lopez Group, announced the employment opportunities during the “Sulong Buhay Job Fair” which it organized in coordination with Santo Tomas City.
The company said at least 14 FPIP locators, most of them manufacturers of various products for the export market, joined the fair to gather both prospective employers and job hunters in one venue.
The locators hired on the spot 196 candidates, with 1,500 positions still open to interested applicants, said Santo Tomas vice mayor Catherine Jaurigue-Perez.
Among the participating companies were Brother Industries Inc.; Canon Business Machines Phils. Inc.; EHS Lens Phils. Inc.; EMD Technologies Phils. Inc.; Honda Logistics Phils. Inc.; Honda Phils Inc.; Ibiden Phils Inc.; JMS Healthcare Phils. Inc.; Nikkoshi Phils. Corp.; Nippon Micrometal Corporation Phils.; Nippon Premium Bakery Inc.; NYK TDG Phils. Inc.; PKI Manufacturing & Technology Inc.; Shimano (Phils.) Inc. and Beta Electromechanical Corp.
