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On April 4, 2008, our company JobsDB.com celebrated the official
launch of our office in Cebu. Held at the Marco Polo Plaza, the
event was graced by more than 200 business leaders and government
officials from Cebu City and other nearby cities such as Mandaue and
Lapu-Lapu.
The celebration was as colorful and
awe-inspiring as the culture and tourism of Cebu—the Voice of Cebu
delivered a remarkable chorale performance, followed by the
grandiose cultural dance presentation of the South Western
University Dance Troupe. Our chairman, Samuel Sung, flew in from
Hong Kong and rendered a keynote address expressing amazement at how
Cebu has developed into a fast-growing industrialized city, and his
enthusiasm to serve and contribute to its continuous growth. The
last time Sam came to Cebu was 10 years ago.
The kind reception from the Cebuanos, as
represented by the response speeches delivered by Cebu City
Councilor Eduardo Rama Jr., Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and
Industries President Eric Ng Mendoza, and Cebu Educational
Development Foundation for Information Technology Executive Director
Bonifacio Belen was overwhelming. It made us more excited to extend
our services in Cebu.
People may ask: why only now? I believe this is
the best time. We recognize the rising need for manpower in Cebu
brought about by the tremendous growth of its industries
particularly in the field of information technology, education and
business process outsourcing. Like Cebu, JobsDB Philippines have
prospered well and big, too. And now, we’re more than ready to
expand, to establish a strong partnership not only with the
businesses and the government but with the talents, as well.
As we land in the Queen City of the South, we
aim to open more doors of opportunities for the Cebuanos. Besides
the cutting edge-technology in job recruitment and quality customer
service, we will bring in The Career and Entrepreneurship Fair (CEF)
2008, which is one of our trademarks events in July. We started this
event in 2006 and that’s when we introduced the Career Card, which
stores a cardholder’s resume in an electronic database. During the
event, a jobseeker, by just presenting her career card can apply to
different companies: he need not bring multiple hard copies of resumé.
Many jobseekers here in Manila have benefited from this card
especially because it doubles as a privilege card.
In addition, we also aspire to support
entrepreneurs and freelancers there through 88DB.com, a product of
the JobsDB network which provides a platform for free online
advertisement. To date, 88DB now has 1,072 Cebuano advertisers.
88DB.com will be joining the CEF to reach to more people.
The JobsDB Cebu office is located at Unit
1001-C, 10th Floor, Keppel Center, Cebu Business Park, with
Telephone Numbers (032) 516-2587, (032) 233-4482.
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Jayjay Viray is the Country Manager of JobsDB
Phils., Inc. Log on to www.jobsdb.com.ph for job opportunities. For
feedback, e-mail feedback@jobsdb.com.ph
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