DOLE job fairs benefit over 25,000 Cebuanos

The Department of Labor and Employment in Cebu together with the private sector and the local government units conducted jobs fair that benefited over 25,000 Cebuanos.

"Out of the 47 job fairs that have been undertaken, 25,900 workers were able to land employment," said DOLE-7 Acting Regional Director Exequiel Sarcauga.

"Apart from ensuring that activities are undertaken to ensure job generation, a priority thrust of President Aquino, this kind of activity also witnesses the important partnership between the public and private sector to address or fill the gap which is unemployment," Sarcauga added.

The conduct of regular jobs fairs is a priority thrust of their office to ensure that access to employment can be made easier to the jobseekers, according to Sarcauga.

He said that they were able to provided a counterpart fund of PhP8 million with the local government units that temporarily hire poor deserving students who wanted to earn money to pay for their tuition fees during school breaks.

Sarcuaga stressed that region's unemployment rate has decreased to 6.2 percent and that there are more job opportunities available today.

In addition, he stated that for the second semester, their office has allotted PhP9 million for the counterpart fund which will benefit around 2,000 students. — ARA