Great news for jobseekers, October grads and entrepreneurs! jobsDB Philippines and Unlad International Inc. (Unified Livelihood and Advocacy for Development Inc. International) has just announced their intent to organize a job fair dubbed “Unlad Kabuhayan” scheduled from January 24 to 26, 2014 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Grounds, Pasay City.
At the upcoming Unlad Kabuhayan Trade Expo and Summit, Unlad International Inc. aims to strengthen its promotion of entrepreneurship among budding entrepreneurs and provide employment opportunities for those who are not yet ready to be entrepreneurs. For the entrepreneurship objective of the expo and summit, the event aims to exhibit 1,000 booths featuring SMEs , promote new business ideas through Tatak Unlad Inventor Summit, promote entrepreneurship culture among the youth through the Kiddopreneur Summit and Likha sa Pag-unlad T-shirt Design Competition, promote entrepeneurship and bonding among families though Tatak Unlad Family Hobbies, undertake more training programs and showcase success stories through the tatak Unlad Entrepreneurship Convention. It also aims to showcase culinary skills of UK scholars through the Ultimate Kitchen Challenge. Creativity and business sense is the ultimate objective of the summit which it aims to achieve through its various programs.
The Unlad Kabuhayan Job Fair will feature more than 200 exhibitors representing companies belonging to different sectors, and the event expects to be attended by more than 80,000 participants. The program will also include a career convention that will feature notable speakers and career-guide experts who will be announced later on.
jobsDB has established an excellent reputation in the industry and has become the largest online-recruitment platform in Asia Pacific with more than 14.6 million jobseeker members and continuously growing to at least 20% yearly and more than 220,000 corporate clients offering 60,000 jobs everyday. In order to reach more jobDB holds regular job fairs in known malls in the metro and even provinces like Laguna and Cavite where it held “jobsDB goes South” event that gave hundreds of career opportunities to people.
Like jobsDB, Unlad International Inc.'s mission is to empower jobseekers and help people advance their careers. The non-government organization has a long-term sustainable livelihood program that aims to equip every Filipino with tools to ultimately fight poverty and sustain his growth thereafter. One of their many efforts in doing so is the two Unlad garment factories in Dasmariñas, Cavite, and Palayan, Nueva Ecija, which continuously give employment opportunities to 2,000 people.
