Manila, April 14 -- A total of 3,572 jobseekers were able to find employment after they were hired on the spot at job fairs nationwide from January to early April this year, a labor official said Monday.

In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing, Assistant Secretary Patrick Patriwirawan Jr. said the applicants were hired in 128 job fairs organized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) since the start of 2025.

"From January to April, we have already conducted 128 job fair activities. We have reached 244,000 job vacancies, solicited from our partner employers which reached 2,253," Patriwirawan, also officer-in-charge of DOLE's Bureau of Local Employment (BLE), said.

"And we will see that the participation of our countrymen in the ...