DAVAO CITY—The government-supported Jobstart Program in Davao del Norte’s capital of Tagum City would help 320 jobless youths become productive and employable.
The city information office said the jobs program would be worked out by the Tagum City Public Employment Services Office, which rolled out a four-day registration for applicants that will end on July 21.
“With the help of various business firms in the city, the program aims to help local jobseekers improve their skills,” the information office said.
The office opened 320 slots for program participants, “which, is more than twice the slots allotted when it first started in April 2014”.
Selected participants would undergo three phases of training, from five to eight months, depending on their performance.
The information office said the first phase is the Life Skills Training, “to help them during job interviews, constructing of resume or application letter, and personality enhancement”.
The second phase is the Technical Skills program, “where they would be taught skills and how to perform their chosen jobs”.
The third phase involves internship in their chosen company, which would determine “if they would be absorbed as regular employees”.
Each trainee would be given P200 training allowance every day during the first phase, and P255 every day during the second and third phase of training.
Karen Baguhin, officer in charge of the program, said, “The duration of the program might be long but the lessons and training that they would receive would give them a better chance at landing a good job.”
The types of jobs include entry-level employment, such as waiter, cashier, sales associate, call-center agents and many more.
The information office said the Department of Labor and Employment and the Government of Canada support the Jobstart Philippines project.