Over 7,000 jobs available at DOT-DOLE’s first tourism job fair

Job seekers flock at Quezon City Hall for Labor Day Job Fair on May 01, 2018.  INQUIRER PHOTO/ JAM STA ROSA/ FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines —Job-seekers can choose from more than 7,000 openings at the first job fair hosted by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

DOT Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco said the employment program, “Trabaho, Turismo, Asenso! Philippine Tourism Job Fair,” would take place in Manila, Cebu, and Davao from September 22 to 24.

Pre-registration will be done online while the job fair proper will be held at the SMX Convention Center Manila, SM City Cebu, and Abreeza Mall Davao.

“This [pre-registration] enables the job-seekers to focus instead on the core of the event, getting to know the participating establishments and companies and determining the career openings they wish to pursue,” Frasco said in a statement on Monday.

“While the DOT continues to work towards President Bongbong Marcos’ vision for tourism to contribute greatly to our country’s economic resurgence, we fully understand the need for this to be met with efforts to fortify the tourism and allied industry workforce,” she added.

There will be a total of 7,510 vacancies from 147 establishments across the three major locations.

Out of the vacancies, 3,367 jobs from the National Capital Region (NCR), Calabarzon, and Mimaropa will be offered during the Manila leg.

Cebu and Davao, meanwhile, will open 1,633 and 2,510 job opportunities from Visayas and Mindanao, respectively.

The following are the schedule of the job fairs and the pre-registration links:

Manila (September 22-24) – https://bit.ly/philtourismjobfair

Cebu (September 22-23) – https://bit.ly/cebuphiltourismjobfair

Davao (September 22-23) – https://bit.ly/davaophiltourismjobfair

Job seekers and employers are also highly encouraged to visit philjobnet.gov.ph for more employment opportunities curated by DOLE but applicants may still opt to walk-in during the job fair series. —Catherine Dabu, INQUIRER.net trainee

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