AT least 5,780 job seekers were hired on the spots during the simultaneous nationwide job fairs held across 16 regions in the country in conjunction with the celebration of Labor Day last May 1, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
The hired-on-the-spot (HOTS) applicants were among 37,279 job seekers who trooped to the 71 job fair sites across the country, organized by the DOLE Regional Offices and Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs).
The job fairs achieved a placement rate of 15 percent, exceeding last year’s 11 percent, the DOLE said.
In a statement, the labor department said that the National Capital Region recorded the highest number of HOTS, with 1,817 placements, followed by Region 6, with 564, and CALABARZON, with 546.
