{"id":777020562,"date":"2024-11-08T09:29:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T12:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777020562"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:24:13","slug":"philippine-dole-confirms-dates-of-another-job-fair-for-former-offshore-gaming-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-dole-confirms-dates-of-another-job-fair-for-former-offshore-gaming-workers","title":{"rendered":"Philippine DOLE confirms dates of another job fair for former offshore gaming workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The job fair will be held on November 19 and 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced that<strong>\u00a0a new job fair for workers<\/strong>\u00a0who have been displaced from internet gaming licensees (IGLs) will be held on November 19 and 20 from 9am to 4pm at the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Music Hall.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DOLE said: &#8220;Do not miss this opportunity as you could be the next one to get hired-on-the-spot (HOTS).&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DOLE secretary\u00a0<strong>Bienvenido E. Laguesma<\/strong>\u00a0previously said the department was profiling displaced workers to evaluate their skills, job history, and income to customise the support services provided. He said that at a previous fair\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-dole-to-hold-job-fair-for-former-offshore-gaming-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in Para\u00f1aque City<\/a>\u00a0on October 10, 340 job seekers registered, resulting in 33 immediate hires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DOLE is also working with the Department of Migrant Workers to explore overseas job prospects for those impacted.\u00a0It has been estimated that \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/over-40k-filipinos-to-be-affected-by-closure-of-offshore-gaming-operators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">40,962 Filipino workers<\/a> will be affected by\u00a0the closure of offshore gaming operators by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The job fair will be held on November 19 and 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777015964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the Philippines is organizing a job fair for approximately 40,962 workers displaced by the closure of Internet Gaming Licensees (IGLs) and offshore gaming operators. This initiative, including skill profiling and exploring overseas opportunities, aims to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the sector's contraction.","focusai_entities":"Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Bienvenido E. Laguesma, Department of Migrant Workers","focusai_location":"Philippines, Para\u00f1aque City","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IGL Closure Impact","query":"What specific regulatory or policy changes led to the estimated closure of 40,962 offshore gaming operator positions in the Philippines by year-end, and what is the projected long-term economic impact on the nation's GGR and NGR?"},{"label":"Workforce Re-skilling Strategy","query":"Beyond immediate job fairs, what long-term government initiatives are planned to re-skill the displaced IGL workforce for other high-growth sectors, and how will this impact the talent pool for future B2B\/B2C iGaming ventures in the region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777020562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777020562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777020585,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020562\/revisions\/777020585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777015964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777020562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777020562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777020562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}