KALAYAAN JOB FAIR VENUES | 12 JUNE 2023
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Leap Ahead: Road to 1.1Million Jobs
Catch the I.T. & Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) Career and Job Fair 2023 this April 27! With over 2,000 job openings, you will be able to explore...
JOB FAIR SITES ON 2023 LABOR DAY
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CALLING ALL CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERTS AND ADVOCATES!
The National Innovation Council (NIC) announces the call for nominations for the 7th Executive Member with expertise in Climate Change and Innovation. Pursuant to Section 6 of RA 11293 or...
BLE Director attends 25th Anniversary of Southville International School Affiliated with Foreign Universities Inc.
BLE Director Patrick P. Patriwirawan, Jr. joined Southville International School Affiliated with Foreign Universities Inc. (SISFU) in celebrating its 25th anniversary on 24 February 2023. The event was held at...
DOLE capacitates LUCs on the Demand-Driven LUCs, Future of Work
The Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) participated in a webinar entitled “The Future of Work: Demand-Driven LUCs, the Changing World of Work and Global Labor Market” organized by the Asian...
BUREAU OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT (BLE) SUPPORTS 2023 NATIONAL WOMEN’S MONTH CELEBRATION
In celebration of Women’s Month, BLE joins the nation in the recognition and appreciation of the significant contributions made by women to society. The 2023 National Women’s Month Celebration is...
BLE participates in Refresher Course for Call Center Officers and Support Staff
A Refresher Training Course for DOLE Call Center Assistance Officers and Support Staff was held this year to help revisit labor and employment topics and build on the agents’ existing...
2023 JobStart implementers participate in annual Capacity Building and Orientation Planning Activity
Left photo: BLE-PMD Chief Liza Ragos (seated 5th from left) poses with Luzon Cluster participants and the BLE-JSP UnitRight photo: (center, second row, beginning 9th from left) PWD JobStart Graduate...
BLE kicks off series of capacity building training for DOLE regional partners
Held from 27 to 31 March 2023 in Iloilo City, the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) kicked off its series of Capacity Development Training and Workshop with the first leg...
DOLE inks partnership with private employers for JSP, SPES implementation
Left photo: DOLE Secretary Laguesma signs MOU with partner employers for the implementation of JSP and SPESRight photo: DOLE Secretary Laguesma poses with officials from (left to right) Lay Bare...
BLE participates in Area-Based Consultations to craft Labor, Employment Plan 2023-2028
Participants from the government, labor, and employer sectors together with DOLE Undersecretary Carmela I. Torres, Assistant Secretary Paul Vincent W. Añover, BLE Director Patrick P. Patriwirawan, Jr., and former NEDA...
DOLE participates in NAPC Workshop on Anti-Poverty Programs in GenSan
NAPC Secretary Lope B. Santos III provided the opening remarks during the Workshop on the Government Anti-Poverty Programs (APP) Output and Outcomes held 21-23 March 2023 in General Santos City...
BLE meets with ILO experts on improving employment forecasting
18 January 2023 — In pursuit of promoting decent work in the Philippines through policy and program development based on timely and accurate labor market information (LMI), the Bureau of...
DOLE CONFERS AWARD TO OUTSTANDING PESOs
Top photo: DOLE Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma awards trophies to PESO Tagum City and PESO Province of Pampanga for winning the PESO Excellence AwardBottom photo: Secretary Laguesma (6th from left)...
Institutionalize PESOs, Laguesma urges LGUs
27 October 2022 — Underscoring the labor department’s push in boosting employment facilitation, Labor Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma urged local government units to institutionalize their respective Public Employment Service Offices...
PESOMAP Inc., elects new set of officers for 2023-2025
26 October 2022 — The Public Employment Service Office Managers Association of the Philippines (PESOMAP) Inc. elected a new set of officers for 2023-2025 who were officially proclaimed and presented...
DOLE seminar seeks improvement of issuance of work permits to foreign nationals
6 October 2022 – The Department of Labor and Employment, through the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) and DOLE National Capital Region (NCR), held an orientation seminar on the process...
BLE appreciates ADB for 7 years of support to JobStart Philippines
The Bureau of Local Employment, through the JobStart Philippines (JSP) Unit, along with other delegates from JobStart areas in NCR, attended the 55th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank...
Philippine Tourism Job Fairs Kick Off in Three Pilot Regions
In line with ongoing efforts to bolster the country’s economic recovery, the partnership between the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Department of Tourism (DOT) kicked off the...
DOLE manifests support for intensified efforts against POGO-linked crimes
The labor department voiced support for quick action on crimes dogging the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) industry during the committee hearing conducted by Senate Committee on Public Order and...
DOLE, DOT ink deal on Philippine Tourism Job Fair
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Department of Tourism (DOT), on Tuesday, 30 August 2022, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the conduct of the “Trabaho...
SPES DELIVERS ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
With the aim of helping students who are financially struggling to support their education but want to pursue schooling, the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) was able...
72 entries vie for recognition in public employment service
The Bureau of Local Employment reports that it received a total of 72 entries for the Secretary’s Bayanihan Service Awards II. A continuation of last year’s commendation of Public Employment...
BLE welcomes new OIC-Director in handover ceremony
28 July 2022 — A handover ceremony was held at the DOLE where Assistant Secretary and former BLE Director Dominique Rubia-Tutay turned over the documents of the agency to her successor...
BLE orients CALABARZON reps on local recruitment and placement policies
On 7 July 2022, the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) oriented DOLE CALABARZON focal persons on the labor department’s policies on local recruitment and placement of workers at the DOLE...
BLE celebrates its 40th Founding Anniversary
Committed to promoting decent and productive work for Filipino workers, the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) celebrated its 40th founding anniversary this June 2022. The month-long celebration was filled with...
BLE celebrates 2022 ICT Month
29 June 2022 – The Bureau of Local Employment held its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Month celebration via Zoom. With the theme “Dagitab” (Filipino word for electricity or spark)...
Visa, permit application processes to be simplified for Economic Zones
In pursuit of providing efficient, simplified, and harmonized rules and procedures for the processing of visas and permits for foreign nationals in the Freeport Zones, Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello...
28k jobseekers flock to Kalayaan job fairs offering 151k vacancies
Over 28,600 jobseekers took advantage of the 151,000 local and overseas employment opportunities during the nationwide Trabaho Negosyo Kabuhayan Job and Business Fair in observance of Araw ng Kalayaan on...
DOLE capacitates LUCs to help address gaps in the changing world of work
Labor Assistant Secretary and Concurrent BLE Director Dominique Rubia-Tutay joined Deputy Director General Rosanna Urdaneta (TESDA) during the Commission on Higher Education – Asian Institute of Management’s Global Academic Leadership...
DOLE Asec. Rubia-Tutay joins the 2022 CES Executive Leadership and Wellness Camp
Labor Assistant Secretary and Concurrent BLE Director Dominique Rubia-Tutay joined other government executives in the 2022 Career Executive Service (CES) Executive Leadership and Wellness Camp on 25 to 27 May...
DOLE Asec. Rubia-Tutay receives adjustment in Career Executive Service rank
The Career Executive Service Board (CESB), in their letter dated 07 March 2022, informed Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique Rubia-Tutay that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has signed the adjustment in Career...
DOLE to implement online application for Alien Employment Permit
The DOLE, through the Bureau of Local Employment, conducted a nationwide face-to-face capacity building on the implementation of the Alien Employment Permit Management System (AEPMS) in Clark, Pampanga on May...
DOLE supports national survey for HR needs of the IT-BPM Sector
Labor Assistant Secretary and Concurrent BLE Director Dominique Rubia-Tutay served as one of the panel reactors during the Trade and Industry Development (TID) Talks for the IT-BPM Sector on 13...
BLE holds Zumba dance workout
12 May 2022 – The Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) Employee Welfare Team (EWT) launches its Zumba dance workout to promote work-life balance in the office and encourage personnel to be...
DOLE: skills framework for human capital development will sustain recovery efforts
Labor Assistant Secretary and Concurrent BLE Director Dominique Rubia-Tutay expressed the Department of Labor and Employment’s support for the development and advancement of the Philippine Skills Framework (PSF), particularly for...
BLE highlights DOLE services for employment of PWDs
The Bureau of Local Employment joined the Resources for the Blind, Inc. (RBI) in its webinar titled “Employment Summit for People with Visual Impairment” on 6 May 2022. The Bureau...
DOLE to improve alien employment regulation by accrediting agents
The Bureau of Local Employment aims to improve alien employment regulation in the Philippines by allowing accredited agents and authorized representatives to process Alien Employment Permits or AEPs and other...
DOLE supports bills on lifelong learning development
The Bureau of Local Employment (BLE), on behalf of the Department of Labor and Employment, participated in technical discussions called by the Senate Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education...
DOLE-BLE recertified to ISO 9001:2015 Standard
Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III proudly announced to the DOLE Central Office, including the DOLE-Bureau of Local Employment, through a Memorandum dated 22 July 2021 the agency’s re-certification to the...
DOLE on Sustaining Recovery Measures for the Tourism Sector
In view of the continuous concerns faced by the tourism sector during the pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment was invited by the Tourism Congress of the Philippines (TCP)...
Access to LMI improves youth career optimism
A study assessing the work expectations of Filipino Generation Z students finds positive links between access to labor market information (LMI) and career optimism. The survey, conducted by the Far...