{"id":286219,"date":"2018-10-09T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=286219"},"modified":"2018-10-09T06:00:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T20:00:29","slug":"dol-job-fair-in-kagman-attracts-over-50-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/dol-job-fair-in-kagman-attracts-over-50-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"DOL job fair in Kagman attracts over 50 participants"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_286220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-286220\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Inside-pix-Page-8.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-286220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Twenty-four employers from both the public and private sector entertained over 50 jobseekers over the weekend at the Kagman High School cafeteria as the Department of Labor hosted a job fair. (Erwin Encinares)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Department of Labor\u2019s Job Fair at the Kagman High School cafeteria attracted over 50 jobseekers and over 20 employers both from the public and private sector during a midday count last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Saipan Tribune, DOL director of Employment Services Eugene Tebuteb noted that the location of the job fair intentionally targeted residents in the northern area of Saipan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to hit as many villages here on Saipan as possible,\u201d he said. Tebuteb further noted that most job fairs were conducted at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to change locations to make it more convenient for residents of the surrounding community. We still have several other villages to hit, but [by setting up job fairs in other areas of Saipan] we can be all inclusive,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tebuteb, the DOL has been issuing out feedback forms to employers and job seekers to take not of possible improvements to future job fairs.<\/p>\n<p>DOL acting secretary Gil San Nicolas told Saipan Tribune that their target for the job fair was at least 100.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have [several] participating employers, so on behalf of DOL secretary Vicky Benavente, we thank them for participating. We hopefully would have more numbers at the end of the day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are hoping that jobseekers who [attend the job fair] get hired, because that is the goal of the job fair,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>According to San Nicolas, the DOL is already discussing the next job fair, which takes about two to three months of planning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026I am pretty sure we are going to have another one,\u201d said San Nicolas. \u201cUltimately, the goal is to have employers hire more available and qualified U.S. citizens\u2014it is a process we need to continue,\u201d he continued, adding that he was satisfied with the number of participating employers.<\/p>\n<p>San Nicolas noted that the job fairs hosted by DOL is in line with U.S. Public Law 115-218.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Labor\u2019s Job Fair at the Kagman High School cafeteria attracted over 50&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":286220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[573,3323,419,38],"class_list":["post-286219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-dol","tag-gil-san-nicolas","tag-kagman-high-school","tag-saipan-tribune"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}