Most of the vacancies currently offered by the Department of Labor and Employment are from Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and the construction industry.
There are also jobs offered in construction where 2,000 production operators are needed by a large contractor.
But the DOLE admitted that the collapse of tourism has a big impact on employment.
“Chinese New Year, and then you have summer breaks, you have school breaks. Heto ‘yung mga holiday seasons na nagpi-pick up ‘yung tourism sector natin dati and they would hire additional manpower, but ngayon hindi po natin nakikita na itong trend na ito,” said Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique Tutay.
The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) fears that it will be until 2022 before businesses recover due to some unresolved issues.
“Hindi ko maintindihan bakit hanggang ngayon hindi ma-solve-solve mass transportation. Ang dami pa ring empleyadong dapat makakapasok, dahil walang sasakyan, hindi pa rin nakakapasok. Napakabagal natin, huling huli tayo sa mga neighbors natin,” said ECOP chief Sergio Ortiz Luis.
DOLE aims to provide training to job seekers. You can register for the DOLE Jobstart program which provides life skills and technical training. There is also an internship and salary.
Gov’t offers thousands of jobs in BPO, construction industry
“Mayroon pa rin po silang allowance, puwede nilang magamit ‘yon during the technical training, and for the internship naman 75 percent of the prevailing minimum wage in the region ang binibigay po natin,” said Tutay.
There are 1,739 job vacancies that can be applied for in the Public Employment Service with offices in each LGU.
The Bureau of Local Employment website also has up to 5,000 online, business, and livelihood webpages where job seekers could apply.
Federation of Free Workers (FFW) president Sonny Matula earlier said that more workers would lose their jobs this year if the government would not support job-generating programs.
Matula added many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) would not survive the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic without the support of the government. SMEs comprise a majority of firms in the country.