Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, huge numbers of Filipinos have lost their sources of income. But, as soon as the economy rise up and begins to reopen, jobs will gradually return.

Based on an article from ABS-CBN, almost 60% of Filipino job candidates were affected by the health crisis.

With total of 17% had permanently lost their jobs while, 43% declared themselves temporarily jobless. Commonly, the retrenched workers were predominantly contractual workers who worked in companies with less than 500 employees.

Among the industries hit hardest by the pandemic were: tourism and travel; food and beverage; hospitality and catering; architecture, building, and construction; and the education sectors.

Luckily, to address the unemployment issue , the Civil Service Commission (CSC) are conducting a virtual job fair on September 14-18.

With that, more than 10,000 government positions are being offered across 700 participating agencies.

As per the article, 28 percent of the jobs came from Calabarzon and Mimaropa, 18 percent were from Central Visayas, and 15 percent were from Western Visayas. Along with this, some of the jobs offered in the online job fair are Deputy Register of Deeds, Admin Officer, Attorney, Accountant, Procurement Officer, and others.

Potential applicants may by creating their own Personal Data Sheet via the Online Career Fair microsite. Then, upload the personal data sheet to their JobStreet profile as a resume and you could also bookmark it for easy reference.

To our Filipino jobseekers, especially those who have been displaced due to the pandemic, we encourage you to join the Online Career Fair and find livelihood opportunities in the public sector.

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