DOLE opens Facebook, Twitter accounts for Labor Day job fair

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has put up new accounts on Facebook and Twitter to keep jobseekers posted on its nationwide Job and Livelihood Fair on Labor Day. Using the social networking sites, the agency hopes to pump up interest in the May 1 job fair, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said. In a news release on its website, the Labor Department added that the accounts on Facebook and Twitter will provide jobseekers with pre-registration information for the event. “This will give them higher chance of landing a job when they present themselves to the participating employers during the Job Fair," the agency explained. Publicized on the DOLE website on Saturday, the agency’s Facebook page, named “Labor Day," has three friends as of this posting. Its Twitter account, @laborday2k11, meanwhile has zero followers. The DOLE said that with 200 firms participating, over 30,000 job vacancies are up for grabs in the Labor Day job fair. Also on May 1, labor groups will stage a “Day of Outrage" after the President thumbed down appeals for a legislated wage hike. PE/VS, GMA News