OLONGAPO CITY JOB FAIR
JUNE 19, 2013
TOTAL REGISTERED APPLICANTS - 704
FEMALE - 395
MALE - 309
HIRED ON THE SPOT - 10
LOCAL COMPANIES - 21
OVERSEAS - 14
PESO FUNCTIONS
Encourage employers to submit to the PESO on a regular basis a list of job vacancies in their respective establishments in order to facilitate the exchange of labor market information between job seekers and employers by providing employment information services to job seeker, both for local and overseas employment, and recruitment to employers;
Develop and administer testing and evaluation instruments for effective job selection, training and counseling;
Provide persons with entrepreneurship qualities access to the various livelihood and self-employment programs offered by both government and non-governmental organizations at the provincial/city/municipal/barangay levels by undertaking referrals for such programs;
Undertake employability enhancement trainings / seminar for jobseekers as well as those who would like to change career or enhance their employability. This function is presently supervised by TESDA and conducted by other training.
Provide employment and occupational counseling career guidance, mass motivation and values development activities;
Conduct pre-employment counseling and orientation to prospective local and overseas workers;
Provide reintegration assistance services to returning Filipino migrant workers; and
Perform such functions as willfully carry out the objectives of this Act.
