Training matching, job assistance at TESDA

Some 2,500 displaced workers, OFW s and local workers are joining a training matching and job assistance event to be mounted by the TESDA tomorrow, Feb.16 at the TESDA Complex in Taguig City.

The one-day event will be one of the biggest job assistance events being put up by the government through TESDA and other government and private organizations to assist those who have lost their jobs here and abroad in the face of the recent economic crunch.

"The technical- vocational education sector including companies, industry associations and sector groups are being proactive here by either retraining our displaced workers and rematching them with prospective employers, or training then for self- employmen," explained Secretary Augusto Boboy Syjuco, TESDA Director General.

Syjuco said that among the most in demand jobs today are those of business process outsourcing (BPO) workers, welders, aircraft mechanics, hospitality and tourism, construction and other industries, local and overseas.

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will visit the skills and jobs event on Monday and will see for herself the training matching and job assistance services offered in this event.

Overseas and local recruitment agencies, online placement agencies, training institutions from NCR and Calabarzon for the group training scheme (GTS) and business processing outsourcing company are joining the event.

Other participating government agencies are the Department of Labor and Employment Department of trade and Industry, Commission on Information and Communication Technology, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and Philippines Overseas Employment Administration.