Another batch of city residents has acquired gainfully employment for local and overseas jobs through the ‘Trabaho Para Sa Mamamayan’ program of the city government in a recently concluded jobs fair.
This brings to a total of 9,000 Las Piñeros since the early part of the year given assistance and referred to various business establishments and employers.
Mayor Imelda T. Aguilar said the relatively high percentage of employment is a manifestation of the city’s continuous effort to provide livelihood opportunities to cushion the current economic instability the country is experiencing.
Records from the city’s Public Employment Service Office (PESO) showed a total of 999 job applicants for local employment, while 390 job seekers for overseas employment.
PESO manager Leo Espino said the job opportunities abroad was made possible in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment. The job fair is held twice-a-month to help more residents get jobs.
This, Espino added, is aside from the summer job to more than 100 students hired under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES).
The job fair conducted last Oct. 12 was participated by 40 Las Piñas-based companies with two overseas placement agencies.
Aguilar, however, encourage those who failed to qualify for the jobs to enroll in vocational and technical courses offered for free at the Las Piñas Manpower Training Center to equip them with necessary skills for gainful employment.
Meanwhile, Mayor Aguilar also strengthens the livelihood training program for women to provide them an opportunity to earn a decent living to augment the family income and help them cope with their subsistence. (James Catapusan)
