Fresh graduates and other jobseekers have better chances of landing jobs this year with the availability of over 300,000 job vacancies posted in one of the country’s leading online portals.

In a press conference, Jobstreet said more than 15,000 companies from various industries and locations are seeking services particularly of the 500,000 new graduates of 2010.

“There are actually many jobs available for recent graduates, if they know where to look. With Jobstreet alone, we have 310,000 job postings in many leading businesses across several industries,’’ Grace Colet, Jobstreet general manager, told reporters.

“And as of April, we also have an average of 87,000 jobs that are geared specifically for entry-level and fresh graduates,’’ she added.

Rafael Vicente, Jobstreet assistant marketing manager, said majority of the jobs available as of this month are with business process outsourcing (BPOs) firms or call centers. A total of 350 BPO firms have made job postings.

The other vacancies are in telecommunications companies and manufacturers of brand food products and beverages.

In terms of specialization, Vicente said the most in demand jobs are in customer service, clerical, financial, human resource and telemarketing.

For job orders overseas, about 92 percent of vacancies are from employers in the Middle East.

“They are seeking mostly engineers and construction workers,’’ he said.

The other overseas job orders posted on Jobstreet are from South Asia, with information technology (IT), engineers and skilled workers as the most in demand jobs.

Data from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) showed that the bulk (22 percent) of the 542,000 graduates for 2010 are in business administration.

The others are in education (19 percent), nursing (18 percent), engineering (12 percent) and IT (10 percent).

Moreover, Vicente said most employers they surveyed were still concerned about the growing mismatch in the skills of graduates to that of the industry requirements.

But he said that majority of the employers have expressed a positive employment outlook for jobseekers in the next 12 months despite reservations by some about the result of the 2010 elections.