Maasin City, Southern Leyte (10 March) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in close coordination with the Philippine Overseas Employment Adminsitration (POEA) will be conducting a Local and Overseas Jobs Fair at the City Gymnasium here on March 14, Saturday.

The jobsfair will start on 8:00 in the morning until 5:00 in the afternoon, according to Labor Officer Mario Tictic. This is in support to the People's Government Mobile Action (PGMA) Serbisyo Muna, one of the priority projects to help the unemployed and dipalced workers land a job.

PGMA Serbisyo Muna, under the guidance of Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) will cater applicants who wanted to work overseas and local employment are required to bring along their resume, training certificate, employment certificate, if any, college diploma, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) clearance, passport for overseas applicants and other relevant employment documents, Tictic disclosedin an interview here.

A Call Center Company (APAC) will also join the one-day jobsfair, hence, interested applicants as call center agents and human resource staff are invited to apply, Tictic said.

At least 6 employment agencies based in Tacloban City and 2 service centers for local employment confirmed to participate in the jobs fair. They are the 10th Story Place Agency Inc; Mothers Way Employment Agency; New Era Placement Agency, Inc. ; Pacific Meditterenian Int'l. Manpower Agency; Treasure of Hope Int'l. and Unijobs Int'l. Manpower Services Corp. for overseas employment.

While for local employment agencies include APAC Customer Service, Inc. and Leyte Academic Center.

Tictic said that the one-day affair will be also coordinated by the local government unit, After Maasin ity, the team will proceed to Northern Samar scheduled on March 19. (PIA-Soleyte)