Isaac R. Kliatchko Jr.
TARLAC CITY — The Personnel Managers Association of the Philippines (PMAP) has cited the efforts of the city government to help more than 500 workers who lost their jobs after their employer, the Sanyo Capacitors (SANCAP), a locator at Luisita Industrial Park, had ceased operations.
SANCAP also refers to the employes as the firm’s employe’s organization.
The PMAP had helped the affected workers in a recent dialog at Honkee Tea Restaurant here with the SANCAP representatives, during which it also assessed their concerns and helped them identify solutions, and other options.
Mayor Genaro M. Mendoza was cited by the PMAP for actualizing his concern when he organized a special job fair at the Aquino Center, LIP, for the SANCAP members.
The main goal of the activity was achieved with the participation of several big companies. Likewise, the applications of some 450 SANCAP members were processed for employment in the near future, subject to eventual job openings.
Reports from the mayor’s public employment office said that a number of the displaced workers had already been hired by the participating companies and the total will be determined in the next couple of days.
Mendoza said the affected workers are highly qualified and trade-tested in their former jobs, and deserve to be employed in established companies.
He thanked the companies which took part in the job fair which also benefited their organizations, considering the high cost of conducting a hiring program, either for filling up vacant slots or creating new positions to meet expansion needs.
Mendoza advised the SANCAP members not to lose hope, and instead be optimistic "because with the efforts intiated by the city government, they are not alone in their predicament, as we are doing our best" to help them.
"Of course every company has its own hiring requirements, What we are doing is to open a market for them," said Arnold Lacson, city Public Employment Services Officer.
Lacson added that their chances would still also "depend on their performance and composure in the screening, especially in the interviews," prior to their selection and eventual employment.
Mayor Mendoza expressed hopes that the firms that joined the job fair would eventually hire many the affected workers. "Tarlaqueno workers are known for their good decorum in their workplaces. Likas sa kanila ang kagandahang-asal," he said.
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