JOB FAIR ATTRACTS 1, 400 APPLICANTS

JOB FAIR ATTRACTS 1, 400 APPLICANTS

CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur- The recent two-day job fair sponsored by Deputy Speaker Eric Singson, Departmen of Labor and Employment and Philippine Overseas Employment Administration generated more than 1, 400 applicants for overseas employment.

“We are very glad with the turn out to help our constituents find employment overseas,” Singson said.

According to Nonette Villanueva- Regional Center Chief for Nothern Luzon of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration ( POEA), there were about 500 positions ready to be filled.

Among the jobs offered by the seven companies invited were nurses, engineers, domestic helpers, care givers, factor workers, drivers and others.

Singson who initiated the program said he asked the companies not to collect placement fees and other charges.

He even offered the companies to have their extension offices in the city to avoid further expenses from the applicants.

Mayors from the different towns of the second district came over to accompany their town mates.

Singson said that the continuous employment abroad will help in a way in the current economic turmoil because of the remittances they will be sending to their families here if they will make it. (LBJ)