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Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Tourism sector offers 15T jobs
More than 15,000 jobs are up for grabs at the 1st Tourism Jobs Fair (TJF) 2006, which will be held in Cebu, Davao and Manila this month.
Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano said these jobs will be offered by more than 300 employers, who have signed up for the TJF in these cities.
Among the registered employers are airlines, shipping and transport firms; hotels; restaurants; shopping centers; travel agencies; tour operators; resorts and destinations; banks; food processors; beverage manufacturers; telecom firms; call centers; tourism-oriented property developers; and government offices and corporations.
The job vacancies offered at the TJF include those for hotel and restaurant positions, account executives, executive assistants, airline staffs, food service attendants, customer service agents, inbound tour supervisors, domestic cargo staffs, sales consultants, graphic artists, fitness trainers, business development managers, chefs, waiters, bakers, housekeeping supervisors, therapists, chambermaids, welders, masons, among many others.
These jobs will be offered onsite at the TJF venues– Pacific Grand Ballroom of Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu City on April 4 to 5, NCCC Convention and Exhibition Centre in Davao City on April 4 to 6, and The Forum of the Philippine International Convention Center on April 6 to 8.
Exclusive
Organized by the Department of Tourism, the TJF is the first industry-specific jobs fair exclusive to the travel and tourism industry. It is a one-stop venue where employers and suppliers of tourism jobs and potential labor force from all over the Philippines can meet, assess each other’s needs and create an employment match.
The TJF is the DOT’s proactive response to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s 10-Point Agenda that includes creating six to 10 million jobs as a government priority. Stringent requirements were applied to potential exhibitor employers to ensure that job applicants are offered quality jobs.
Jobseekers could register at www.tourismjobs.ph or onsite at the specified dates and venues. They will be issued a Unique Identification Number (UIN) upon completing the registration process. The UIN will enable them to access the list of job vacancies on the website and facilitate their entry into the fair. They will simply present copies of their UINs at the secretariat’s desk allotted for “Pre-Registered Applicants.”
Improvement
The TJF will not only create employment opportunities but will also be a venue for skills improvement. The DOT has tied up with the Tourism Industry Board Foundation Inc., (TIBFI) where applicants who did not qualify for immediate hiring may undergo a skills enhancement training seminar for them to meet the qualification standards of their employers. TIBFI is a government-private sector partnership with the mandate to upgrade the tourism industry work force through skills training programs.
At present, there are about a million personnel directly and indirectly employed by the tourism industry. But this number is expected to swell with significant increases in the arrivals of foreign visitors from 2.29 million in 2004 to 2.613 million in 2005, generating US$ 2.12 billion in dollar receipts.
Moreover, the DOT’s target foreign arrivals of five million by 2010 will require an enormous increase in the country’s tourism capacity in terms of infrastructure, accommodation and resort facilities, including various products and services, which will create and more jobs in the process.
The country’s current capacity, according to Durano, is only for three million foreign visitors a year. “We have to encourage the tourism industry to invest and increase this capacity to accommodate our target of five million arrivals in 2010 and significantly boost employment for the Filipinos,” Durano said. (PR)
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