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Capitol set to offer 600 summer jobs for students

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By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff Reporter

The Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte is set to open 600 summer job slots for students this summer.

Nicole Rudio, new head of the Provincial Employment Services Office (PESO) announced this as the summer break is fast approaching.

Rudio said they have submitted to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) the 600 slots Capitol is ready to absorb in support of the government’s Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) and to reinforce the ‘Task Force Trabaho’ (TFT) program, the provincial government initiated to create more jobs for Ilocanos.

Established under the Republic Act 9547, SPES is a work appreciation and bridging program which caters to high school, college, vocational and out-of-school youth.

It aims to inspire the youth to further their education by teaching them the valuable skills towards productive work. Tasks included are assisting office staff, clerical and simple utility work, green/environment-related activities, and computer data encoding.

Last year, the SPES beneficiaries, aged 15 to 25, received a salary of P311 per day, with sixty percent of the wage coming from TFT funds and the remaining forty percent of the hiring rate paid by DOLE.

On February 3 or just in time for the weeklong celebration of Ilocos Norte’s 196th foundation anniversary, another provincial job fair was conducted where thousands of job applicants queued at the west wing of the Capitol parking lot to vie for over 5,000 overseas and local jobs.

According to Rudio, there were at least 10 overseas and 27 local employers who participated in the Ilocos Norte job fair to directly hire health professionals, factory workers, graphic artists, fashion designers, accountants, engineers, steelmen, masons, carpenters, welders, electricians, waiters and waitresses, cashiers, sales representatives, and many other skilled and professional Filipino workers who are in demand in Taiwan, Canada and the Middle East among others.


In support of the job creation program of the government here and abroad, the PESO is regularly conducting job fairs, including skills training to help applicants find jobs with accredited agencies and employers.
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