Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Fir.st Regular Session
HouseBfl`|No.    4995
Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
EXPI.ANATO RY NOTE
According to the  Philippine Statistics Authority,  the  unemployment rate  in the
country is at 6%  and  underemployment rate  is at  14.5%  in  May 2022.  Among those
numbers are the millions of college graduates.  One of the biggest challenges Filipino
graduates face is finding employment opportunities.  For many, the gap between their
graduation   and   their  first  job  spans  from   months  to  years.   Therefore,   bringing
employment opportunities to our college students paves the way to bridge that gap.
Conducting job fairs is a good way to alleviate unemployment in the country.  It
allows prospective employers to find future employees from the graduating class of a
senior high school class, college, or university.
This Act, which  had  been  previously filed  by Rep.  Salvador Belaro in the  17th
Congress, seeks to institutionalize the conduct of job fairs in all schools in the country
and to strengthen the capacity of schools to do so.
GABRIEL H
3rd  District,
AMARIN ES SUR


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESEI`ITATTVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
House Bill No.
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Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
AN ACT INSTITUTloNALlzING THE HOLDING oF ]oB FAms IN ALL
COLLHGHS. UNIVERSITIHS, TECHNICAhvocATIONAL SCHOOLS AN D
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
Be it enacted  by the  Senate and the  House of Representatives  of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1.  Short Title. -This Act shall be known as the "Job Fair Act of 2022"
SEC.  2.   All colleges and  universities,  as well as all technical-vocational schools are
mandated to hold a job fair at least once a year.  In the said job fair,  the concerned
college or university will invite all prospective employers from  the  locality where the
school  is  located  and  elsewhere  to  scout  for  possible  future  employees  from  their
graduating students for that year.
SEC. 3.   In the same manner, all schools offering senior high schools as well as
are  likewise  mandated tQ hold such job fair at  least once a year for the graduating
senior class.
SEC. 4.   For this purpose,  the existing  Guidance and Counselling Offices of schools
and/or Guidance Counsellors. If any, of all schools shall be given the duty of organizing
ang coordinating such job fairs. If there is no such office in the school, the school head
shall appoint one of the members of the teaching staff to do so.
SEC. 5.   The Department of Education  (DepEd) shall be tasked with formulating and
issuing the implementing  rules and  regulations necessary to carry out the provisions
of this Act.
SEC. 6.  The funds necessary to carry out provision of this Act shall be included in the
General Appropriation Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
SEC. 7.   All laws,  order,  issuance rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent
with any prQvisjons of this Act are hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.
SEC.  8.   This Act shall take effect fifteen  (15)  days from  complete publication  in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,