As part of the Labor Day celebrations this year, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will hold what is said to be biggest jobs and livelihood fair of 2012. According to Labor Secretary, Rosalinda Baldoz, the job fair would gather 300 employers and agencies that would offer more than 100,000 local and overseas job openings to applicants.

The May 1 job fair will be simultaneously held in 40 different locations all over the Philippines and the venues of the job fairs were announced by the Labor Secretary.

She said, "It will be hard for new graduates, jobseekers, returning OFWs, out-of-school youth, informal sector workers, and even the general public, to miss a DOLE 2012 Job and Livelihood Fair. There will be 40 of them in various venues in the country's 16 regions."

"Easily the biggest of this is the Job and Livelihood Fair at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, where over 100,000 job vacancies are up for grabs from 300 local and overseas employers," she said.

May 1 Job Fair Venues

Other Venues:

The rest of the DOLE regional offices, namely Regions CAR, 1, 4-A, 5, 6, 10, and 11 will hold their Job and Livelihood Fairs in 24 SM branches in Baguio City; Rosales, Pangasinan; Marilao and Baliwag, Bulacan; San Fernando and Angeles City, Pampanga; Tarlac City; Rosario, Molino, Dasmarinas, and Bacoor City, Cavite; Sta. Rosa City, Calamba City, and San Pablo City, Laguna; Lipa City and Batangas City, Batangas; Taytay and Antipolo City, Rizal; Lucena City, Quezon; Naga City, Iloilo City, Bacolod City, Cagayan de Oro City, and Davao City.

Other DOLE Regional Job and Livelihood Fairs are taking place in four Robinson’s Place branches in Imus City, Cavite; Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental; Tacloban City; and General Santos City.

“As its way of commemorating the 110th Labor Day in the country, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will bring together employers who are looking for applicants to fill vacancies in their companies and jobseekers who are looking for the right job that matches their skills and talents. This is not confined in one area because we are making sure that every Filipino willing to work will have a chance to one of the vacancies offered," Baldoz said.

The simultaneous, nationwide Job and Livelihood Fairs will also showcase livelihood counseling,franchising opportunities, skills training, and livelihood skills demonstration.

In Metro Manila, to ensure fast and smooth processing of job applications and other employment-related documentation, the DOLE has enlisted the participation of the National Bureau of Investigation, Social Security System, Bureau of Internal Revenue, National Statistics Office, PAG-IBIG, and PhilHealth which will have their own booths at the fair in Pasay City.

Baldoz once again urged job applicants coming to the job and livelihood fairs to pre-register online through the Phil-Jobnet website, www.phil-job.net, by clicking the 2012 Labor Day Jobs and Livelihood Fairs Applicant Pre-Registration button, or manually at the nearest Public Employment Service Office, for easier job matching facilitation.

From www.DOLE.gov.ph