Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Davao del Norte Senior Labor and Employment Officer Jennelyn Rosalinda.
TAGUM CITY , Davao del Norte (PIA)—Jobs will be made available for the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) during the conduct of “Trabaho sa Bagong Pilipinas para sa 4Ps Jobs Fair” set for Davao Region in the City of Tagum on February 15, 2025.
Expected to serve 3,000 4Ps beneficiaries, the special jobs fair will be held at the Tagum City Hall Atrium in Barangay, Apokon, Tagum City in Davao del Norte.
During the Sayron Ta! Pakigsayod radio program, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Davao del Norte Senior Labor and Employment Officer Jennelyn Rosalinda revealed that about 2,000 4Ps job seekers had pre-registered online to vie for the 1,096 vacancies offered by participating business establishments.
Rosalinda said that the top five vacancies are customer service representatives, clerk, cashier, bagger, and carpenter/mason.
DOLE Davao del Norte noted in its Jobs Fair briefer that it had invited more than 30 companies, of which 18 responded and confirmed joining as of February 12.
Rosalinda shared optimistic prospects for those who would not be able to grab a job saying there will be several other national government agencies from which the 4Ps beneficiaries can avail of government services.
“Kung dili man gani sila palaron sa employment, naa man tay one-stop-shop government services nga pwede sila mo-avail ug services. (If they would not be lucky with employment, we have a one-stop shop of government services that they can avail of),” she said.
As of Feb. 12, the side-event dubbed as One-Stop-Shop of Government Services registered 12 NGAs to join the jobs fair. Among them were the Social Security System (SSS), the Pag-IBIG Fund, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA), the Department of Information Communication Technology (DICT), the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the Department of Education (DepEd), the Public Employment Services Office (PESO), and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
On top of the services that each participating NGAs are expected to offer, the jobs fair for 4Ps will offer special services. A job-seekers assistance booth shall be opened for them. There will also be a labor education and livelihood desk and career development support services.
The 4Ps jobs fair will also integrate the Kadiwa ng Pangulo display of locally produced goods and agri-products, located at the Tagum City Hall grounds. DOLE Davao del Norte listed five initial Kadiwa ng Pangulo participating local producers.
“Hopefully, atong mga beneficiaries pud mamalit aron mahalinan pud ang atong mga exhibitors on that day (Hopefully our beneficiaries would buy so that our exhibitors would have sales on that day),”Rosalinda said. (JMDA, PIA Davao del Norte)
