00:00Again, the Department of Labor and Employment has announced that they are ready to help the former Internet Gaming Licensee or POGO workers.
00:08This is the center of the news, Noel Talacay.
00:13One of the goals of the Job Fair is that the Department of Labor and Employment or DOLE
00:19can help to give jobs to the displaced workers from POGO or better known as Internet Gaming License or IGL.
00:29Some said that the DOLE held a Job Fair but admitted that only a few displaced IGL workers went there.
00:38For the job seekers who went there, there were more than 100 hired on the spot.
00:49We were also given what we call a livelihood program, more than 100.
00:55But we continue to reach out.
00:57Based on what we know, more than 40,000 IGL workers were directly affected due to the closure.
01:10Labor Secretary Laguasma explained that there are reasons why only 100 were able to get a job at the last Job Fair.
01:19Kalihim also said that they might be looking for a higher salary because they were used to a higher salary from their IGL workers.
01:31First, last year at our Job Fair, they were hoping that their company's operations would be extended.
01:39Second, they might have gotten a job because IT business process outsourcing companies are looking for their requirements.
01:51Third, I don't want to say that it has anything to do with salary.
01:55Most of the jobs offered at the Job Fair are regular entry level.
02:02Laguasma also said that DOLE is ready to guide and help the displaced IGL workers in the country.
02:11They can approach the Public Employment Service Offices of PESO of each local government.
02:19We are capacitating the staff of the Public Employment Service Offices so that we can expand the programs of the Department of Labor and Employment.
02:30According to DOLE, there are more than 40,000 displaced IGL workers in the country.
02:39DOLE said that all of them have already been profiled by the agency.
02:43This means that DOLE already knows what kind of job is suitable for them.
02:48Before the end of January 2025, the 2025 Job Street Career Con was held.
02:53DOLE led Job Street, an online job board where more than 8,000 jobs and 18,000 applicants were included in the Job Fair.
03:07Noel Talacay for Pambasang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
