Jobs@D’Mall3 Jam-packs TriNoma Mall
by Paul Catiang

Arguably one of the biggest job fairs to be held in 2007, Jobs@D’Mall 3, a job fair sponsored by John Clements, Studio 23, the Manila Bulletin and Primetrade Asia, Inc., packed the newly-opened TriNoma Mall in Quezon City with approximately 13,000 jobseekers.

The three-day job fair lasted from July 16 to 18, 2007, and was preceded by a Career Conference on July 15. The event was geared towards giving new jobseekers more insight into the professional world and showing them what awaits them out there with their first paycheck. The Career Conference boasted of several guest speakers, like Barbie Atienza, Head of External Affairs, the Manila Bulletin; Ana Lim, Human Resources Manager, GSK Philippines; Iano Ramos, Team Leader, John Clements; Edgardo Mendoza, professor, La Salle College International; Carlo Jose, Vice President for Operations Metrics and Fraud, HSBC, Karen Dabila, News Anchor, ABS-CBN; Ingrid Palma, Recruitment Manager, Citigroup CBS/CRS Asia; Alina Manaig, Director for Group Accounts, John Clements; and Reynaldo Reynante, Head of Content Development, ABS-CBN. Up to 600 jobseekers attended this event.

Among the exhibitors were AIG, APAC, Ascend Asia, Banco de Oro, Eperformax, Etelecare, Eximius BPO, the Intercontinenal Hotel, NCO, Netsuite Philippines, One Global Contact Center, Skechers, VXI, Xitrix, Vidres, Accenture, Convergys, Infonxx, John Clements, West Contact, Advanced Contact Solutions, Ambergris, IBM Daksh, Peoplesupport, Sitel, Sykes, Teleperformance, and Teletech.

Several bands gave evening concerts throughout the job fair, with the performers ranging from new talents like Join the Club to the veteran group, the Dawn. Local programs aired on Studio 23 also arrived to cover the event: Us Girls, YSpeak, and Wazzup Wazzup.

During the entire three days, the lines to get into the job fair snaked up into the second floor and into the connecting walkway to the North Avenue Station of the MRT, attesting to the success of the event.