Meanwhile, the government continues
to expand its employment programmes to provide jobs for thousands expected to
graduate in 2014 and also for those who remain unemployed, Malacañang said on March 30.
In an interview over dzRB Radyo ng
Bayan, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary (PCOO) Herminio
Coloma said 95,935 positions in different private and public corporations and
agencies are currently up for grabs.
This is according to the Department
of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) www.phil-job.net, an internet-based job and
applicant matching system, which aims to fast track the job seeker's search for
employment and the employer's search for manpower.
Coloma said the government is also
providing financial aid to self-employed individuals, landless farmers,
non-wage domestic workers, young workers with dependents, low-income earners,
and those who do not have permanent employment due to calamities through the
Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program.
He said this programme also covers
those who are listed in the Department of Social Welfare and Development's
national household targeting system.
In a press briefing held in Malacañang
on March 13, DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said there are an estimated
600,000 to 700,000 new entrants to the labour force this year.
