The Public Employment and Services Office (PESO), in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), held on Monday the graduation rites for 85 job starters, 18-24 years old, who have undergone a 14-day life course skills training.
PESO Head Lilibeth Pantinople said that the graduates will undergo technical training in four identified companies.
“After the technical training they will intern in the company (and) if their performance is good, they may be given the opportunity to be hired and absorbed as a permanent employee,” Pantinople said.
She added that it is the PESO that identified the graduates. They must be between 18-24 years old, not in training, not in education, and with less than a year of work experience.
“The objective of the Jobstart program is really to give them work experience, because in our job fairs, some really have no work experience that is why it is hard for them to be accepted in jobs” Pantinople added.
She believes that the 3-6 months technical experience will give the jobstarters the edge compared to others who have not completed the program.
“Pwede ni siya sa high school graduate, pwde sila sa K-12 graduate basta ang edad is 18-24 years old, muadto lang sila sa PESO office and then gi-announce pud ni sa page sa City Government of Davao and Public Employment Services Office (This program is open to high school graduates, this can also be for K-12 graduate as long as they are 18-24 yers old. They only need to visit the PESO office. We also announced this through the City Government of Davao and the PESO page),” she said.
Pantinople said that this is the fifth time that the PESO and DOLE conducted the program, which temporarily stopped during the pandemic. It was only reimplemented this year.
Through the 14-day training program, the job starters were funded by the DOLE.
During Monday’s program the completers received their certificates, gave their testimonies and also listened to the various inspirational talk by honored guests from the City Government of Davao and DOLE XI. CIO
