Online registration starts for Labor Day mega-job fairs

New graduates and jobseekers can now have an easier time filing applications for work with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)’s new online pre-registration program. The DOLE said its pre-registration through the job-matching facility Phil-Jobnet is mainly for the Job and Livelihood Fairs scheduled for Labor Day (May 1). “Of course, walk-in applicants will be accepted and accommodated during the Job and Livelihood Fairs. They will have to go to all job fairs venues to manually register," DOLE Secretary Marianito Roque said in an article on the DOLE website. He said that with the pre-registration, jobseekers can find a job that will suit their qualifications as the processing of application documents has been made easier and simpler. Jobseekers will have to log on to www.phil-job.net and be guided on the registration procedures. Pre-registered applicants have to go on May 1 to the SMX Convention Center at Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City and to Halls 1 and 2 of the Megatrade Hall of SM Megamall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Once there, they will no longer have to fill out forms and endure the long queues as they will be given IDs that will serve as their passes upon entering the Job Fair area. “Through online registration, employers will have ample time to look for their skills requirements, as applicant’s accounts will now be readily available for them to preview and preselect," the DOLE said. DOLE will hold simultaneous Job and Livelihood Fairs in SM Fairview, SM North EDSA, SM South Mall and SM San Lazaro. Other regional venues include: Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR): SM Baguio, Baguio International Convention Center Region I: SM Rosales, Pangasinan Region II: Paseo Real, Tuguegarao City Region III: SM San Fernando Pampanga, SM Clark, Pampanga, SM Marilao, Bulacan, SM Baliwag, Bulacan Region IV-A: SM Sta. Rosa, Laguna, SM Dasmariñas, Cavite, SM Lipa, Batangas, SM Taytay, Rizal, SM Lucena, Quezon Region IV-B: Municipal Gym Compound, San Jose Occidental, Mindoro Region V: SM Naga, Bicol Region VI: SM Iloilo and SM Bacolod Region VII: SM City Cebu, Cebu International Convention Center, Avellana Sports Complex Region VIII: Tacloban City Convention Center Region IX: Western Mindanao State University, Gaisano Capital Region X: SM Cagayan De Oro Region XI: SM Davao Region XII: South Cotabato Protech, Kidapawan City Gym, Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat, South Seas Mall, Robinsons Gensan CARAGA: DOLE Regional Office Grounds, Butuan City. — LBG, GMANews.TV