14 Clark firms have 3,255 job openings

CLARK FREEPORT , Philippines  – The Clark Development Corp. (CDC) announced that at least 14 firms based here have a total of 3,255 job openings, which they intend to fill up within the next three months.

In a report to CDC president Benigno Ricafort, assistant vice president for business development group Bernardo Angeles Jr. said most of the job positions that are available here are for customer service representatives and call center agents.

Angeles said officials of the Clark firms have announced that they have scheduled a job fair at the SM City Clark event center on Sept. 30 in cooperation with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Pampanga Employment Services Federation, and SM City Clark.

He said NCO Phils. and Sutherland Phils. are hiring 1,000 customer representatives each.

Other firms looking for applicants are Cyber City Teleservices, 500 customer service agents; Texas Instrument Phils., 320 apprentices and 300 engineers and production staffers (regular positions); UPS Clark Phils., 50 customer service agents; Apex Intec Phils. Co. Ltd. Inc., 41 production staff positions; Hotel Stotsenberg, 25 casino managers, supervisors and staff; and O&G Leather Manufacturing Inc., 10 administrative staffers and engineers, nine cutters and other positions.

The Clark Freeport now has a total of 55,500 workers compared to only about 20,000 during the time of the US Air Force up to 2001.

Assisting in the job fair are Jhoy Santiago, SMK Electronics Philippines; Sharon Ray Sagansay, WALLEM Innovative Solutions Phils. Inc.; Raides Garcia and Timothy de la Cruz, Yokohama Tires Phils.; Glenda Cerdenola, Fontana Development Corp.; and Christian Mesina, Global Standard Learning Center Inc.