WHAT IS PESO?

         The Public Employment Service Office or PESO is a multi-service facility established to provide employment information and assistance to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) clients and constituents of local gorvernment units (LGU’s). It makes available in one root the various employment programs and services of the DOLE to enable all types of clientele to know more about them and seek specific assistance they require.

         As a means to expand the reach to employment facilitation services of government, PESOs are established in every province, city and municipality throughout the country. They are comunity based and maintained largely by Local Government Unit (LGU’s) and a number of Non-Government Organizations (NGO’s).

WHAT ARE THE PESO OBJECTIVES?

  General Objective:

  • Ensure the prompt, timely and efficient delivery of employment services and provision of information on other DOLE programs.

Specific Objectives:

  • Provide a venue where people could explore simultaneously various employment options and actually seek assistance they prefer.
  • Serve as referral and information center for the various services and programs of DOLE and other agencies present in the province/area.
  • Provide clients with adequate information on employment and labor market situation in the area.
  • Network with other PESOs within the region and nationwide for hob exchange purposes.
  • Bring government services closer to the people thus concretizing DOLE’s cooperative linkages with LGUs.

WHAT ARE THE SERVICES OFFERED BY PESO?

  1. Employment Referral Services
    • Wage Employment Facilitation
    • Overseas Employment Facilitation
    • Livelihood and Self Employment Facilitation
    • Employment Enhancements/Trainings
  2. Recruitment Assistance for Employers

WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT SEEKERS?

  1. Local Employment Opportunities
  2. Overseas Employment Prospects
  3. Self-employment Ventures
  4. Employment Enhancements/Trainings

WHO ARE THE PESO CLIENTS?

  • Employment Seekers
  • Manpower Seekers
  • Students and Out-of-school youth
  • Labor market information users
  • Planners and researches

WHAT ARE THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO ALL PESO CLIENTS?

  1. Employment Information Data Bank
  2. Registry of Skills and Job Vacancies
  3. Self-Employment Promotion Materials

WHAT OTHER PROGRAMS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED BY PESO?

  • Job Fair
  • Weekly Local Recruitment
  • Livelihood and Self-Employment Bazaar
  • National Manpower Registry/Skills for Registry Program (SRS)
  • Kabataan 2000
    • Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES)
    • Work Appreciation Program (WAP)
    • Youth Weekend Brigade
  • Career Guidance Employment Coaching
  • Anti Illegal Recruitment Campaign (AIR)
  • Labor Education for Graduating Students (LEGS)
  • Work Ethics Guidance (Pre and Post Employment Seminar)
  • Jobstart Philippines Program
  • Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers Program (TUPAD)
  • POEA Help Desk
  • OWWA Help Desk