DOLE recognizes Palayan City PESO

PALAYAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, Oct. 8 (PNA) -- The local employment office here was recognized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for facilitating thousands of job seekers and extending guidance to over 16,000 students, a ranking employment official here said on Tuesday. “The recognition will truly serve as an inspiration for us to work harder,” said Emmarie JP Martinez, chief of the city public employment services office (PESO) even as she expressed gratitude to the DOLE. The PESO got its first Best PESO award under component city category during the recent 13th National PESO Congress in Oriental Leyte Hotel and Resort in Palo, Leyte. This, after Palayan City PESO successfully assisted 6,212 job seekers under different employment facilitation schemes for local and overseas employment to create an astounding 109.75 percent placement rate, according to the DOLE. It also facilitated Career Guidance and Employment Coaching for more than 16,000 secondary and graduating students, the DOLE added. Martinez said that Mayor Adrianne Mae Cuevas is making sure that their services “are effectively delivered to our constituents.” The congress, carrying the team “PESO, Kabalikat at Gabay sa Disente at Matatag na Panghanap Buhay,” was led by Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz. Among other awardees were PESO Zambales, under the helm of PESO Manager and Provincial Vice Governor Hon. Ramon G. Lacbain II, again hailed as Best PESO under the 2nd Class Province Category; and the DOLE Regional Office No. 3 and its Technical Support and Services Division for Employment and Welfare which received the Department’s prestigious Secretary’s Award. (PNA)