Foreign businessmen organize job fair for career-building

MANILA, Philippines-Foreign businessmen included vocational and technical careers and internships in a two-day job fair that will end Thursday, Australian-New Zealand Chamber of Commerce Philippine Vice President Chris Ward said in a statement. The Australian-New Zealand Chamber of Commerce Philippines, the British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, and the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines organized the Careers Fair at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati City to "facilitate the right matching of companies’ human resource needs with qualified and skilled Filipino graduates and workers." Including the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Commission on Higher Education and Department of Labor and Employment along with businesses and human resource companies eager to meet with interested applicants, the Careers Fair 2009 emphasizes on opportunities to build careers rather than merely providing job prospects. “The fact that these top companies spent resources to participate in the Career Fair should make us optimistic about employment in the Philippines. What they are looking for are competent applicants with the right skills looking to make the next step in their careers," said Ward, who is this year's chairman of the Chambers Career Fair. Career opportunities in the business process outsourcing (BPO) and IT industries, education and journalism industries, hospitality sector, as well as in the sales, marketing, and public relations industry are featured in the career fair. “This makes hiring convenient for our company by making the applicants come to us rather than spending resources and time to seek out qualified people to fill our open posts," said Guenter Taus, general manager of JEC Philippines. -GMANews.TV