CLOSE to 30,000 vacancies are up for grabs in the 90th anniversary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) on Dec. 6, 2023.

Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said the job fair would kick off on December 1 in 21 venues nationwide, with an initial offering of 28,136 vacancies from 340 participating employers.

“I call on jobseekers to take advantage of the employment facilitation service that the DoLE is bringing closer to the public,” Laguesma said.

Among the sectors participating in the fair are business process outsourcing, manufacturing, retail and sales, construction, and hospitality.

The top vacancies are customer service representatives, production workers/operators, cashiers, baggers, laborers, carpenters, painters, casino dealers, and service crew.

Jobseekers in Luzon may visit the following sites:

– National Capital Region: Manila Science High School Auditorium, Taft Avenue, Manila (December 1); Barangay Hall, Barangay Población, Pateros (December 7); Robinsons Metro East, Pasig City (December 5 for local job fair; December 3 for overseas job fair).

– Cordillera Administrative Region: Sky Zone, Porta Vaga Mall, Baguio City (December 1)

– Ilocos Region: Robinsons Place Pangasinan, Calasiao, Pangasinan (December 1); Pangasinan Provincial Capitol, Lingayen, Pangasinan (December 7)

– Cagayan Valley: SM City Tuguegarao, Bagay Road, Tuguegarao City (December 2)

– Central Luzon: Bataan Provincial Capitol, Balanga City, Bataan (December 1); Walter Mart, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija (December 1)

– Calabarzon: Lipa Academy for Sports, Culture and Arts (Lasca), Sto. Tomas-Lipa Road, Lipa City, Batangas (December 2)

– Bicol Region: SM City Legazpi, Legazpi City, Albay (December 1)

– Western Visayas: SM City Iloilo, Iloilo City (December 7)

– Central Visayas: Taloto Covered Court, Barangay Taloto, Tagbilaran City (December 2); Poblacion, Madridejos, Cebu (December 6); SM Seaside, Cebu City (December 8)

– Eastern Visayas: Tacloban City Convention Center, Tacloban City, Leyte (December 1)

– Zamboanga Peninsula: KCC Mall de Zamboanga, Gov. Camins Road, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur (December 4)

– Northern Mindanao: SM Uptown Cagayan de Oro, Mastersons Avenue, Cagayan de Oro City (December 1 and 2)

– Davao Region: People’s Park Davao, Palma Gil St., Davao City (December 2)

– Soccsksargen: Notre Dame of Marbel University (December 14)

– Caraga: Robinsons Place Butuan, Jose C. Aquino Avenue, Butuan City (December 1).

DoLE advised jobseekers to be ready with their application requirements, including resume or curriculum vitae (bring extra copies for multiple job applications); 2 x 2 ID pictures; certificate of employment for those formerly employed; diploma and/or transcript of records; and authenticated birth certificate and training certificates.

The department started as a small bureau in 1908 under the then Department of Commerce and Police. It was constituted as a department under Act 4121 on Dec. 8, 1933.

This year’s anniversary has the theme “DoLE@90: Serbisyong Mabilis at Matapat sa Bagong Pilipinas.”