Mass recruitment at job fairs during the Labor Day weekend
In the recent round of job fairs held in Dumaguete City, SM Seaside City Cebu, and Bohol, a whopping 259 job seekers were offered positions, surpassing the turnout during the Labor Day job fairs in Cebu and Dumaguete the year prior.
On a phone interview with Roberto Cabardo, DOLE 7 Public Information Officer, on May 4, 2025, he revealed that a total of 939 job seekers registered for the three job fairs.
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The lucky hires for the 2025 job fairs were announced on our website Cebu on May 5, 2024. Out of the registered job seekers, 191 were offered positions at the job fairs held in SM Seaside City Cebu, Cebu City, and the Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center in Dumaguete City on May 1, 2024.
Details for 2025 show that 301 applicants registered in Dumaguete, of which 62 were hired. Among the hires, 39 were men and 23 were women.
The SM Seaside City Cebu job fair saw the highest registration with 508 applicants, of which 130 were hired. The breakdown for the hires stands at 50 men and 80 women.
In Bohol, 130 applicants registered for the job fair, with 67 of them being hired. This included 35 men and 32 women.
Cabardo emphasized the efficiency of the job fairs in providing swift employment opportunities for job seekers in the region, especially considering the increasing hires each year based on the data available.
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It is estimated, based on the 939 registered applicants in 2025, that 439 were men and 500 were women.
The exact hiring numbers and gender distribution for the 2025 job fairs in Dumaguete City, SM Seaside City Cebu, and Bohol were not available at the time of writing. Official DOLE regional reports or localized coverage would be necessary to obtain this information.
- Despite the higher number of job seekers in the 2025 job fairs compared to the previous year, the hiring numbers and gender distribution for the events held in Dumaguete City, SM Seaside City Cebu, and Bohol have yet to be officially released.
- In a stark contrast, the Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center in Dumaguete City witnessed the lowest number of registrants among the three cities, but still managed to hire 62 job seekers in 2025.
- The general news in Cebu has been abuzz with the announcements of the lucky hires for the 2025 job fairs, with the results being posted on their website on May 5, 2024.
- The job fairs held in the aforementioned cities played a significant role in employment growth, with a total of 259 positions offered, surpassing the turnout of the Labor Day job fairs in 2024.
- The policy-and-legislation and politics sections of the news have been engaging discussions on the impact of these job fairs on the local economy and employment stability in the region, predicting a promising future for sports, fairs, and other events in Dumaguete, Cebu, and Bohol.
