| CAREER CARD INTRODUCED IN JOBSDB-CWC JOB FAIR |
| Date Of Event: 25-26 January 2007 |
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The Career Card, a first in the Philippine recruitment industry, showed about 3,700 jobseekers that job hunting in a job fair can be done easily, quickly, and without resorting to the usual stacks of papers given out as individual resumes.
JobsDB Philippines, Inc. launched the Career Card in the Career and Admissions Fair held last January 25 and 26 at the Mega Trade 2, Mega Mall. Jobseekers who register online and who are already JobsDB members were given the Career Card which contained their online resume and which they can use as frequently as they want in the 68 hiring companies that participated in the Job Fair.
Partnering with JobsDB was the Consortium of Women’s Colleges, an association of exclusive ladies’universities: Assumption College, the College of Holy Spirit, Miriam College, and St. Scholastica’s College.
VIPs who graced the affair were:
- Dr. Patricia Licuanan, Executive Committee Chair of the Consortium of Women’s College and the President of Miriam College;
- Sr. Mary Gertrude Borres, the President of Assumption College;
- Sr. Ancille Elvena, President of the College of Holy Spirit, and
- Sr. M. Angelica Leviste, President of St. Scholastica’s College.
The Special Guests of Honor were: Agriculture Secretary and Presidential Adviser for Job Generation Mr. Arthur Yap and Manila Times President Dante Ang II. |
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The College Presidents of the CWC member schools, (from L-R) Sr. Angelica Leviste, St. Scholastica’s College, Sr. Ancille Elvena, College of the Holy Spirit, Sr. Gertude Borres, Assumption College, getting ready for the opening ceremonies during the CWC Career and Admissions Fair 2007.
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The CWC Over-all Chairperson Dr. Patricia Licuanan emphasizing the role of CWC in women empowerment during her welcome remarks. |
Department of Agriculture Secretary and the Presidential Adviser on Job Creation, the Honorable Secretary Arthur Yap promoting government programs on agricultural reformation and job generation. |
JobsDB Phils, Inc. General Manager Jayjay Viray introduces the concept of the first paperless job fair in the country. |
Assumption President, Sr. Gertude Borres discusses the partnership of CWC and JobsDB in organizing the CWC Career and Admissions Fair 2007. Seated on the left is College of the Holy Spirit President Sr. Ancille Elvena. |
The students of the different CWC member schools line up during the first major job fair of the year which features paperless application process. |
The CWC students gather together to experience the first paperless job fair in the country organized by JobsDB.com and the Consortium of Women’s Colleges. |
The CWC students getting ready to use their Career Card which electronically incorporates their resumes through a barcode system. |
The CWC students preparing themselves for the corporate world by attending the first major job fair of the year.
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Jobseekers can now experience a faster and easier way to apply through the use of technology. |
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