4,000 jobs available for CAR

	NORDIS WEEKLY April 23, 2006
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4,000 jobs available for CAR — DoLE
BAGUIO CITY (Apr. 19) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE)- Cordillera announced that over 4,000 jobs are available here and abroad for Cordillera graduates of 2006 during a job fair at the University of the Cordilleras-Baguio Colleges Foundation last April 17. Chief Labor Employment Officer Emelita Ferrer of Cordillera said that there are 2,800 offered jobs overseas and more than 1,000 local jobs for Cordillera graduates this year. This confirms the Kilusang Mayo Uno – Cordillera analysis that there are not enough jobs in the Cordillera for this year’s new graduates in the region. The leading jobs offered, according to Ferrer, are in call centers. Call centers offer a salary of at least P10,000 for starters. Applicants for call centers do not have to be college graduates. She said they accept undergraduates with at least 12 units in English and are willing to undergo 31 days training to improve their English proficiency, computer knowledge and self-confidence. According to the Commission on Higher Education (Ched), there are 12,965 graduates. as of 2005. The Ched report showed that there are more enrollees this year. However, Ched data on the number of graduates this year is not yet final as graduation is still going on in the different colleges in the region. KMU Public Information Officer (PIO) Leonida Tungdagui has also indicated, in an interview, that their statistics show that of the employable age about 22.5% are underemployed and 5.6% unemployed in the country as of this past year. She added that the jobs the government offers or promotes do not even cater to the graduates’ needs or qualifications. In an interview, Federico (not his real name), a taho vendor, told Nordis that his niece, a hotel and restaurant management graduate last year in one of the colleges here ended up a domestic helper in Hong Kong because of the lack of job opportunities and low salary offers in the country. Federico recalled that as an elder, he and her parents did everything; selling taho and vegetables in the market just to pay for her schooling. She decided to go abroad to earn money to support her family and the education of her younger brothers, he said. Graduation is still going on and like Federico’s niece, more graduates would be forced to leave the country to look for jobs, KMU said. # Rohmalyne Gamponia and Adela Ragual/MMSU Interns for NORDIS Post your comments, reactions to this article
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	NORDIS WEEKLY April 23, 2006
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4,000 jobs available for CAR — DoLE
BAGUIO CITY (Apr. 19) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE)- Cordillera announced that over 4,000 jobs are available here and abroad for Cordillera graduates of 2006 during a job fair at the University of the Cordilleras-Baguio Colleges Foundation last April 17. Chief Labor Employment Officer Emelita Ferrer of Cordillera said that there are 2,800 offered jobs overseas and more than 1,000 local jobs for Cordillera graduates this year. This confirms the Kilusang Mayo Uno – Cordillera analysis that there are not enough jobs in the Cordillera for this year’s new graduates in the region. The leading jobs offered, according to Ferrer, are in call centers. Call centers offer a salary of at least P10,000 for starters. Applicants for call centers do not have to be college graduates. She said they accept undergraduates with at least 12 units in English and are willing to undergo 31 days training to improve their English proficiency, computer knowledge and self-confidence. According to the Commission on Higher Education (Ched), there are 12,965 graduates. as of 2005. The Ched report showed that there are more enrollees this year. However, Ched data on the number of graduates this year is not yet final as graduation is still going on in the different colleges in the region. KMU Public Information Officer (PIO) Leonida Tungdagui has also indicated, in an interview, that their statistics show that of the employable age about 22.5% are underemployed and 5.6% unemployed in the country as of this past year. She added that the jobs the government offers or promotes do not even cater to the graduates’ needs or qualifications. In an interview, Federico (not his real name), a taho vendor, told Nordis that his niece, a hotel and restaurant management graduate last year in one of the colleges here ended up a domestic helper in Hong Kong because of the lack of job opportunities and low salary offers in the country. Federico recalled that as an elder, he and her parents did everything; selling taho and vegetables in the market just to pay for her schooling. She decided to go abroad to earn money to support her family and the education of her younger brothers, he said. Graduation is still going on and like Federico’s niece, more graduates would be forced to leave the country to look for jobs, KMU said. # Rohmalyne Gamponia and Adela Ragual/MMSU Interns for NORDIS Post your comments, reactions to this article
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