Recipients of the JobStart Program funded by the Iloilo provincial government through the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) paid Gov. Arthur Defensor, Jr. a courtesy visit this morning to express their heartfelt gratitude to him for having been given the opportunity to avail of the said program.
They were accompanied by PESO chief Francisco “Bombit” Heler and his staff Cynthia Dario and Jayrel Encontro.
Under the JobStart program, youth beneficiaries undergo employment assessment, and participate in a 10-day Life Skills Training (LST) Program, a maximum of three (3) months of Technical Training with allowance, and a maximum of three (3) months of company-paid internships.
The program has a two-track pathway: those ready for a job are referred to employers (wage employment pathway) while the rest go through further career guidance, technical training, and internships with employers (training and internship pathway).