Taguig City – Aiming to be a symbol of hope in this time of a global pandemic, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) will launch today, July 29 at 10:00am, its much awaited job expo and online skills training under the Development Outreach for Labor, Livelihood, and Advancement of Resources (DOLLAR) program.
According to PEZA Director General Charito “Ching” Plaza, “PEZA is strongly committed and unrelenting to its efforts to promote investment and employment that will benefit the Filipino people amidst the pandemic. PEZA initiates this job expo, which informs Filipinos that there are thousands of jobs awaiting in our different types of ecozones,”
“We are inviting the repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as well as the locally laid-off workers rendered jobless by the pandemic to participate in the DOLLAR Job Expo and Online Skills Training programs as it is PEZA’s initiatives to help them during these trying times,” said Plaza.
The launching will be conducted today physically at the PEZA Head Office, in strict observance of the quarantine measures. The event will also be livestreamed online through the agency’s official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/PEZAPH).
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary and PEZA Board chairman Ramon Lopez and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III have been confirmed to be the special guests for the launching. Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, the original proponent of EO No. 114 or the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa program, has also been invited to grace the event
Job vacancies in PEZA’s DOLLAR program
As of today, there are a total of 69,081 projected job openings across the Philippines. According to the report from Locator Enterprises located in Public and Private Economic Zones in Cluster I, which includes CALABARZON, Pampanga, and NCR, there are about 23,644 job openings.
Meanwhile in Cluster II, there are 14,126 openings according to the 294 Visayas and Mindanao locator respondents of its online survey. There are also 2,500 job vacancies reported in Baguio and other locators in the north under Cluster III.
Moreover, investment projects that were approved during the May 21 and July 10 PEZA Board meetings are also expected to create a total of 28,811 jobs that will be located in various areas in the Philippines.
“These job vacancies are for Filipinos of any working age and there will be no educational attainment discrimination in the hiring of workers in the ecozones,” noted Plaza.
Interested job applicants may check the vacancies through an online portal powered by Workbank Philippines Inc., which will be found in PEZA’s official website (https://www.workbank.com/dc/peza-online-job-fair).
After the July 29 launching, the DOLLAR Job Expo will also kick off in the three public economic zones and in Davao: August 6 in Cavite Economic Zone (CEZ), August 17 in Mactan Economic Zone (MEZ), August 19 in Damosa IT Park in Davao City, and August 25 in Baguio City Economic Zone (BCEZ). #