CITY OF BALIWAG—Department of Migrantt Workers Undersecretary Rosemarie Duquez led other concern government agencies in Central Luzon in the kick-off of a 3-day February 15-17 “Feb-ibig sa Bulakenyo, Trabaho at Turismo, Job Fair” held at Greenery Resort in this town on Thursday.
Duquez said there are 3,500 job orders open to be filled by applicants not only from the city of Baliwag but also from other towns in Bulacan.
City of Baliwag Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) head Rosario Bautista said 45 local and 20 international companies participated in the job fair.
The TESDA Baliwag branch in City of Baliwag inside the Greenery Resort is being ran and managed by its owners—former Balwag Mayor Lando and his wife Evelyn Salvador.
Duquez said they will monitor the status of the application of the job-seekers to ensure they are processed accordingly and the job requirements will be filled in and that they will be officially givwn a regular earnings.
Job opportunities range from health and medical needs and services, manufacturing and industrial companies, tourism and recreation sector, different skilled works, lawyer, other professional jobs and so many others.
Geraldine Panlilio, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 3 Director said the job fair is very unique because it is a “one-stop shop” service to the applicants where other components in job application such as requirements both locally and internationally like Department of Foreign Affairs for the passport and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for clearance, Department of Trade and Industry, TESDA and others.
According to Panlilio, applicants are spared of huge expenditures in having to come to Metro Manila to apply for their works because of the Mega Job Fair.
Athenie Bautista, sister of Gov. Daniel Fernando and head of the governor’s Damayang Filipino (DF) Foundation which conducts regular medical mission for Bulakenyos in different towns and cities assured residents of Baliwag a a medcial mission next month.
