By Lou Ellen L. Antonio
ILIGAN CITY (PIA) — Out of the 325 job seekers, a total of 27 applicants were hired on the spot at the World Cafe of Opportunities hosted by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Lanao del Norte here.
The event featured various job vacancies from 25 employers, composed of 19 local companies and six international manpower agencies. Government agencies such as the Department of Labor and Employment, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Migrant Workers Pag-IBIG Fund, and the Social Security System provided support to job seekers.
The event was part of TESDA’s 30th-anniversary celebration and the first-ever Iligan City Technical and Vocational Education and Training Industry Week. According to TESDA Lanao del Norte Provincial Director Norayah Acas, the activity specifically targeted TESDA scholars who have already obtained national certificates, providing them with direct links to potential employers.
Job seekers flock to the World Cafe of Opportunities event in honor of TESDA’s 30th anniversary and the first-ever Iligan City Technical and Vocational Education and Training Industry Week. (Photo: ADD/PIA-10/Lanao del Norte)
“On behalf of TESDA Provincial Office of Lanao del Norte, kita magpadayon sa paghatag og serbisyo, kaalam ug skills training, development and reskilling of Filipino workers in Lanao,” she said.
(On behalf of the TESDA Provincial Office of Lanao del Norte, we will continue to provide service, knowledge, and skills training, development, and reskilling for Filipino workers in Lanao.)
Hired on the spot job seekers were grateful for the opportunity given to them. One of them was Reycyl Guia, 23, a fresh graduate in Environmental Science from Mindanao State University-Naawan Campus. She was hired for a pharmacy position in E and R Hospital.
“Thank kaayo sa inyo kay kung dili tungod ani nga program, job seeker pa gihapon guro ko karon. Happy ko nga naay ing-ani nga program. Sa kadaghan diri isa ko sa nasulod nga program,” she said.
(Thank you very much, because if it weren’t for this program, I would probably still be a job seeker. I’m very happy to be part of this program, especially since there are so many applicants and I’m one of the ones who got hired.)
Meanwhile, 20-year-old Junalene Abeles, a mother of a three-year-old from Barangay Mandulog, expressed her gratitude for Cafe Margeuries’ hiring her for a sales position. She is a graduate of TESDA’s skills training. (LELA/PIA-10/Lanao del Norte)
