THE local government of San Carlos City through the Public Employment Service Office (Peso) successfully held a two-day online job fair last December 12 to 13 at the Negros Occidental Language & Information Technology Center Extension Office (NOLITC EO).
The activity was the first online job fair to be held in the whole Western Visayas where seven local establishments and one overseas agency opened their doors to jobseekers.
Around 900 applicants sent their resumes through email and facebook with hopes to get jobs.
At least 33 jobseekers were hired on the spot (Hots) while a total of 87 applicants were qualified for final interview, 18 for jobs abroad and 69 for local placement.
Erel Lim, Peso in-charge, said that as the pioneering city that initiated the conduct of the said online job fair, they are documenting the process for it to be presented in the Year End Peso Assessment (Yepa).
He added that they are noting the procedures as well as unforeseen problems encountered such as the internet connection and applications used.
Lim cited that the online job fair will be presented at Yepa and to the Peso managers of Western Visayas on how the City of San Carlos tackled the economic intervention and eventually become the model for next year's approach on situations like the pandemic.
Every year, San Carlos City holds a job fair, only this time a virtual scheme was adopted to observe the necessary health protocol due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (PR)