Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco said the DOT and DOLE will hold the third leg of the “Trabaho, Turismo, Asenso” job fair on May 11, 2023.Frasco said that the job fair is aimed at helping the country’s economy “recover from the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“The Department of Tourism will continue to empower our tourism workforce by giving them access to jobs that will match their skills,” Frasco said in a statement on Wednesday.“Such is the innate characteristic of the tourism industry. Its multiplier effect across various sectors can support job creation which is exactly what we wish to achieve as we eye to exceed our targets for this year. The more visitors we have, the more jobs we will create for our fellow Filipinos,” she added.
The job fairs facilitated by DOT and DOLE have so far offered a total of 16,485 employment opportunities to job seekers.