Gov’t Web site lists over 100,000 job vacancies in public, private sectors

MANILA, Philippines—Need a job? The government’s official job portal on the Internet lists over 100,000 vacancies in the Philippines and abroad for all types of workers.

The Department of Labor and Employment said Friday job vacancies promoted by employers and licensed employment service providers on the agency’s Phil-Jobnet portal has reached 108,377 so far, posting a high demand for call-center agents.

“This is a record for the government’s Internet-based job skills matching facility,” said Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz.  She noted that the job postings as of this week surpassed previous levels.

“It demonstrates that the DOLE-run system is delivering on its avowed service to shorten job search and facilitate better job and skills matching for Filipino human resources and employers,” she said.

The previous highest vacancy level registered in the system was at 102,930 following Labor Day celebrations four months ago, records from DOLE showed. The Web portal, https://phil-job.net, is maintained by the agency’s Bureau of Local Employment.

Current postings show a high demand for call center agents with 20,026 vacancies while over 4,000 customer service assistants were wanted.  Some 3,600 vacancies are sales clerks were also available.

The portal also showed that the agency’s accredited employers were also looking for 2,997 domestic helpers; 2,386 laborers; 1,937 carpenters; 1,778 general electricians; 1,778 heavy equipment operators; 1,707 factory workers and 1,615 service crew workers, among others.

Job offers for real estate persons, merchandisers, promo salespersons, clerk for government, pipe fitters, production machine operators, staff nurses, street sweepers, cashiers, salesmen, data encoders, general pharmacists, forklift operators and plumbers are also available.

Baldoz also lauded private-sector employers for continuously announcing job vacancies in the government system.

“The Phil-Jobnet is an important tool in our labor market information delivery system. It contributes to our effort of bringing down to the grassroots free and valuable information on jobs available in the market,” she said.

A free online facility, Phil-Jobnet maintains links with private-sector jobs portals, such as Jobstreet.com and JobsDB.com, thus offering jobseekers more options and access.