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More than 4,000 students undergo PGIN’s free career counseling

Students of the Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades fill up a career planning questionnaire during the Career Counseling Roadshow spearheaded by the Ilocos Norte Public Employment Service Office in cooperation with Sirib Express and De La Salle University last March 7, 2014. (PGIN-CMO)
By Jennifer T. Pambid
PGIN-CMO

With its aim to assist students in making crucial decisions for their careers, the free career counseling roadshow, spearheaded by the Provincial Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in cooperation with Sirib Express and De La Salle University (DLSU), has successfully catered to more than 4,000 high school students on March 7, 2014.

The program was held simultaneously in Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades, Ilocos Norte National High School, Sarrat National High School, Sta. Rosa National High School and Solsona National High School.

The students were given free materials discussing the necessary work values and skills as well as steps and factors of effective career planning that helped them evaluate their skills and interests and determine the appropriate careers for them in the future.

Facilitators headed by education supervisors Dr. John Addy Garcia and Dr. Jerome Ouano with 15 faculty members of the DLSU Manila Counseling and Educational Psychology Department received a positive response from the students who are very eager to seek advice on their future careers.

Keen in upholding the advocacy of career development, Garcia said their department supports different government agencies in promoting policies that provide the youth opportunities to bridge the gap between their education and career pursuits.

Dedicated to empowering the youth by ensuring them quality education, Ilocos Norte Governor Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos said the program is a big help to the students as well as the whole province in achieving transformation and development in Ilocos Norte.

Ensuring the support of the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) to the aspiring professionals, the governor encouraged the students to take up courses in line with the presently in-demand jobs such as manufacturing, agribusiness and services.

“Malaking tulong ito para sa atin, para sa probinsiya… para tuluy-tuloy ang inyong pag-aaral pagkatapos ang probinsiya ay tutulong para meron kayong on-the-job training, meron kayong summer and part-time job at tuluy-tuloy na ‘yan sa job placement thru PESO, thru DOLE, OWWA and POEA kung kinakailangan at pati na rin sa sari-saring job fair at iba’t-ibang opportunity sa probinsiya natin at sa ibang lugar,” Ms. Marcos said during the roadshow.


An aspiring business administration student, INCAT student Mark Auriel Balicoco said it was their first time to be given worthy advises concerning their future and finds the program “very important because it helped (them) a lot to know (their) careers in the near future before entering college.”

“The roadshow was very interactive and we were all very attentive because this is a very good opportunity for us students. We understood more about the process of career planning which is really an important step for our future. Alam po namin na nasa right track kami in reaching our ambitions in life,” Irish Denleigh Layaoen, an aspiring engineering student said.


Furthering the success of the program, PESO head Nicole Rudio said the PGIN is set to partner with DLSU in the near future to conduct another counseling training for the teachers and guidance counselors in Ilocos Norte to further educate more Ilocano students to “incorporate academics and values which is very important in getting a career and to bridge the mismatch between the academe and unemployment.”

The career counseling roadshow is part of the ‘Task Force Trabaho’ established by the governor on 2012 which aims to alleviate unemployment rate in Ilocos Norte and boost the provincial economy by providing more job opportunities to every Ilocano.

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