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| Students of the Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades fill up a career planning questionnaire during the Career Counseling Roadshow spearheaded by the Ilocos Norte Public Employment Service Office in cooperation with Sirib Express and De La Salle University last March 7, 2014. (PGIN-CMO) |
By Jennifer T. Pambid
PGIN-CMO
With
its aim to assist students in making crucial
decisions for their careers, the free career counseling roadshow, spearheaded
by the Provincial Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in cooperation with
Sirib Express and De La Salle University (DLSU), has successfully catered to
more than 4,000 high school students on March 7, 2014.
The program was held
simultaneously in Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades, Ilocos Norte
National High School, Sarrat National High School, Sta. Rosa National High
School and Solsona National High School.
The students were given free
materials discussing the necessary work values and skills as well as steps and
factors of effective career planning that helped them evaluate their skills and
interests and determine the appropriate careers for them in the future.
Facilitators headed by education
supervisors Dr. John Addy Garcia and Dr. Jerome Ouano with 15 faculty members
of the DLSU Manila Counseling and Educational Psychology Department received a
positive response from the students who are very eager to seek advice on their
future careers.
Keen in upholding the
advocacy of career development, Garcia said their department supports different
government agencies in promoting policies that provide the youth opportunities
to bridge the gap between their education and career pursuits.
Dedicated to empowering the
youth by ensuring them quality education, Ilocos Norte Governor Ma. Imelda “Imee”
R. Marcos said the program is a big help to the students as well as the whole
province in achieving transformation and development in Ilocos Norte.
Ensuring the support of the
Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) to the aspiring professionals, the
governor encouraged the students to take up courses in line with the presently
in-demand jobs such as manufacturing, agribusiness and services.
“Malaking tulong ito para sa
atin, para sa probinsiya… para tuluy-tuloy ang inyong pag-aaral pagkatapos ang
probinsiya ay tutulong para meron kayong on-the-job training, meron kayong
summer and part-time job at tuluy-tuloy na ‘yan sa job placement thru PESO,
thru DOLE, OWWA and POEA kung kinakailangan at pati na rin sa sari-saring job
fair at iba’t-ibang opportunity sa probinsiya natin at sa ibang lugar,” Ms.
Marcos said during the roadshow.
An aspiring business
administration student, INCAT student Mark Auriel Balicoco said it was their
first time to be given worthy advises concerning their future and finds the
program “very important because it helped (them) a lot to know (their) careers
in the near future before entering college.”
“The roadshow was very
interactive and we were all very attentive because this is a very good
opportunity for us students. We understood more about the process of career
planning which is really an important step for our future. Alam po namin na
nasa right track kami in reaching our ambitions in life,” Irish Denleigh
Layaoen, an aspiring engineering student said.
Furthering the success of the
program, PESO head Nicole Rudio said the PGIN is set to partner with DLSU in
the near future to conduct another counseling training for the teachers and
guidance counselors in Ilocos Norte to further educate more Ilocano students to
“incorporate academics and values which is very important in getting a career
and to bridge the mismatch between the academe and unemployment.”
The career counseling roadshow
is part of the ‘Task Force Trabaho’ established by the governor on 2012 which
aims to alleviate unemployment rate in Ilocos Norte and boost the provincial
economy by providing more job opportunities to every Ilocano.
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