Philippine Government Launches Job Portal - Phil-Jobnet

Another job portal is added to the ever increasing list of job search and online job sites. This time it's from the Department of Labor and Employment that launched their very own 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 via Inquirer.  She noted that the job postings as of this week surpassed previous levels.

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, http://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.

Job Fairs in SM City Cebu Every Friday Until May 25, 2011

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Will be very helpful for new graduates this year to take part. About 547 companies in the Central Visayas will be hiring more than a thousand applicants.

Thanks to the increasing number of investors coming to Cebu and there is a noted increase in available jobs in the province, Jobstreet.com will be continuing to host a job fair at SM City Cebu which started last Feb. 25, 2011 to fill in around 1,200 available jobs in 547 companies in Central Visayas.

Every Friday they will have instant job processing and hiring while every Saturday there will be seminars on how to get hired

Jobstreet marketing director Yoda Buyco said they are holding Cebu Career Hub in partnership with SM City Cebu until May 25.

Buyco said the Cebu Career Hub was held first in Cebu where they see a lot of job requirements from different industries and fields including the business process outsourcing, information technology, finance, manufacturing and engineering.

“This serves as an answer to DOLE (Department of Labor and Employment) Secretary Rosalinda Dimapiliz-Baldoz when she said that we have to invest in our country's resource, our human resource to make us more competitive and employable. Cebu Career Hub is a way to help further empower our Cebuano job seekers,” Buyco said.

According to Buyco, there are 1,200 jobs from 547 employers in Central Visayas, mostly in Cebu, that job seekers can apply instantly every Friday or through their Job Board which they will also show at the booth located at the 2nd floor of SM City Cebu.

“In the whole of Vismin area, we have a total of 300,000 job seekers who can have access to the eight million jobs posted in our website which are located in all our areas including Malaysia, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines,” she said.

Out of the eight million jobs, three million are located in the Philippines from 15,000 employers.

Buyco added that 40 percent of the total number of job postings in the country are from BPO companies which need a lot of agents to handle voice calls and some managerial and supervisory positions.

“In Cebu I could say that 40 percent of job postings are also from BPO companies,” she said.

Buyco said that Stream Global alone which is joining the event needs to hire 60 to 70 people every week for their contact center operations at their office in Asiatown IT Park in Lahug, Cebu City.

Buyco added they are targeting fresh graduates and those who seek another career.

“All they need to do is drop by our booth from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and bring their updated resume. They can come on a Friday to get instant processing as we will be featuring four companies every Friday which will then accept applications and hire on the spot. Every Saturday we will provide free career services to enhance overall appeal of Cebuano applicants. We will do mock interviews and give tips on how to make winning resumes,” Buyco said.