PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — The employment and services offices of Palawan are looking for more than 200 applicants for domestic helpers needed in four countries.
Provincial Information Officer Gil Acosta Jr. in a statement Monday said the Provincial Employment Services Office (PESO) is holding a two-day special recruitment activity for overseas employment in cooperation with MichaelAngelo Manpower Exponent, Inc.
“The recruitment activity will start today until tomorrow at the office of the PESO to look for domestic helpers willing to work abroad,” he said.
Of the target number of domestic helpers, 100 are needed in Jordan, 88 in Hong Kong, 50 in Malaysia, and 50 in Cyprus.
Qualified applicants are females between the ages of 23-42 and have at least reached secondary level of education. Those with no prior experience can also apply.
The recruitment of domestic helpers in the province is part of the Palawan leadership’s goal to reduce poverty among the residents, he said.
He said more recruitment for jobs abroad will be offered in the following months this year. (Celeste Anna Formoso/PNA)
