University of Cebu

JobsDB Philippines, Inc., the Philippine branch of Asia’s leading internet recruitment network, continues to expand its reach in its ongoing search for quality manpower to field as candidates for hiring corporations, by tapping into taent outside Metro Manila, specifically Cebu.
It recently established alliances with leading Cebuano educational institutions such as te University of Cebu and the Cebu Normal University. "Companies are becoming increasingly competitive," JobsDB Phils, Inc. Country Mnager Jayjay Viray elaborates on this strategy, "They want qualified, dedicated working people who can contibute to and make a difference in their organizations, and they are becoming more and more open to candidates outside Metro Manila."
Recruiting managers are also becoming increasingly selective about the candidates they choose, and many prefer to look at several alternatives during the screening process before arriving at their final choice. JobsDB Philippines (www.jobsdb.com.ph)" >www.jobsdb.com.ph offers a database composed of the resumes and registered memberships of 700,000 skilled workers, white-collar professionals looking for better opportunitie, and unemployed graduates.
To enhance its talent pool, it participates or conducts job fairs at an average of twice a month in various places such as schools, barangay halls sponsored by local govenment units, and malls in patnership with private organizations. Resumes collected in these job fairs are deposited into the JobsDB database and can easily be accessed by recruiting companies. JobsDB members can also become part of its international network which has branches in 12 countries including Hong Kong, China, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, and Thailand.
"Our job fairs cover the entire scale", says Viray,"We have the small ones that take place in covered courts or school campuses that draw in about 2,000 people. Our major career fairs attract about 10,000 - 15,000. Sometimes, we are just asked to participate injob fairs that the school or the LGU organizers; in other instances, we take the lead in the organization and logistics".
Though many of the job fairs take place in Metro Manila, invitations have sprung from Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte, and Cebu, just to name a few. Last year, JobsDB’s job fair in Cebu, in partnership with Microsoft Philippines, offered IT professionals and graduates working in the provincial city job opportunities based in Metro manila and other regions.
Viray explains the compay’s focus on Cebu, "We recognize that Cebu is an immense source of quality candidates given the high stndards of its education and its booming industries. Not only is Cebu home to many industry giants, but it also encourages the growth of home grown brands that fuel our talent. Cebuano ingenuity has made its furnitue-making sector a powerhouse, and their ICT sector is positioning itself as a hub of investment, software, and e-services in Southeast Asia.
Cebu’s nine large universities and a dozen other ecucational institutions specializing invarious fields ensure that many industries are covered such as medicine, engineering, maritime, nursing, law, IT etc. The University of Cebu (UC), which claims that it has become the nesting ground of future IT practitioners, has sen many of its graduates employed not only in Philippine multi-national companies, but incountries like Singapore and Malysia; one alumnus is working at Pixas the leading animation firm that has chrned out landmark cutting-edge films like "The Incredibles" and "Toy Story".
The Cebu Normal University(CNU), which specializes in education, points to an extremely in high passing rate for its students taking the licensure board exams. Viray says that employers based in Metro Manila and other provincial cities will now have greater opportunities to screen and hire the graduates of these two universities.
"Philippine schools are always in need of good educators, and IT companies here and overseas are alaways looking for skilled people. This partnership creates a bridge wherein the cream of the Cebu crop and the most competitive Philippine employers can find each other". Both UC and CNU also see to it that their curricula are in sync with skills and other competencies required by the companies and that the knowledge and abilities their graduates and alumni bring with them are relevant to their employers.
Maria Salud delos Santos, the Dean of UC’s College of Information and Computer Science, elaborates on how close ties established with employers guarantee that their students are always updated on current technological trends, "We talk to the industries after each qualifying exam and ask for feedback. They tell us that our students are really good in technology and application".
Meanwhile, CNU, which has fielded professors and teachers to universities in Manila and Mindanao, creates linkages with companies such as Microsoft. Says Filomena Tongco-Dayagbil, CNU’s Dean of the College of Teacher Education, "They provide us training- we allow our student to be trained by them on how to use ICT in education for a very minimal cost."
Through JobsDB, the students will be "more marketable to corporates sector ." Accoding to Dr. Esther Velasquez, University President of CNU and one of the accreditors for the different state colleges and universities, "the partnership will help our students to be the best employees in their own fields. Through JobsDB, our students will be accessed not just by local companies here but also abroad. So that’s something for our students to look forward to after their graduation."
JobsDB Philippines is an online career site that posts an average of 3,000 jobs a day that can be acceseed at any given time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.