TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol (PIA) – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will hold the World Café of Opportunities (WCO) job fair on Aug. 27 at the Bohol Cultural Center (BCC).
The WCO is a sector-based job fair initiated by TESDA in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment and Bohol Employment Placement Office (BEPO).
“It aims to connect government and private agencies to tech-voc training graduates for employment and support interventions to improve workers competencies,” said TESDA Bohol provincial Director Carlito Quintano during the Kapihan sa PIA.
An annual event that coincides with the National TechVoc Day celebration on Aug. 25, WCO is one of TESDA’s support activities to trained workers who still have to find jobs after getting their national certifications for certain competencies needed in the industry.
Supervising technical vocational development specialist Joan Sayon said this is part of TESDA’s commitment to help its trained workers get jobs, which is the reason why they got into technical and vocational training.
As of Aug. 21, there are already eight overseas and around 20 local employers who have signified to be there, and TESDA expects more in the next few days.
TESDA Provincial Skills Training Centers and private technical vocational institutes are now reviewing their list of trainee graduates who have not had any jobs yet.
With a target of getting at least 28 hired-on-the-spot and a minimal count of 350 attendees and participating job seekers, Bohol
TESDA is confident that with the five provincial training centers in Inabanga, Tubigon, Bilar, Pilar, and Jagna and Balilihan satellite training center and 47 technical and vocational institutions bringing in their graduates, organizers see a much larger crowd for the activity.
Tasked to formulate continuing, coordinated and fully integrated technical education and skills development policies, plans and programs, TESDA provides direction, policies, programs and standards towards quality technical education and skill development, and with the government scholarships, they enroll, train, assess, certify and help their graduates get hired or land jobs, thus, the WCO.
While the activity is open for TESDA technical and vocational graduates, the organizers are also opening the job fair for other job seekers from the formal educational training institutions.
Quintano urged all applicants, especially those with TESDA national certifications, to bring several copies of their documents to significantly improve their chances of getting the best job offers. (RAHC/PIA Bohol)
