Over 30 companies participated in the Independence Day job fair spearheaded by the Marikina City government, SM Shopping Malls, and the Department of Labor and Employment .
SM Marikina Manager Francis Brian Cruz, and DOLE Supervising Labor and Employment Officer, Engr. Roberto Chavez Jr., were also present during the event. Some of the companies that took part in the job fair were Business Process Outsourcing firms or BPOs, banks, hotels, transportation companies, food chains, supermarket chains, clothing companies, telecommunications companies, shoe manufacturers, and many more.