A. The PESO shall provide LMI For this purpose, it shall:

• Market and promote its services, through all forms of media, to all its labor market clients;
• Obtain a list of Job vacancies from employers at least on a monthly basis or as the need may arise;
• Generate and maintain an updated registry of skills;
• Gather, collate, and process/analyze data or information on employment and investment trends, emerging markets, particularly labor supply and demand, and disseminate such data or information to labor market clients; and

B. The PESO shall provide referral and placement services for local and overseas as well as private and public employment in accordance with existing policies, rules and It shall:

• Undertake active sourcing of job vacancies;
• Evaluate qualifications of jobseekers in relation to wage employment options:
• Refer job seekers for appropriate employment assistance and monitor the result of such referrals: and
• Institute measures to ensure that recruitment and placement services, both for local and overseas, are in accordance with existing laws, rules, and

C. The PESO shall provide career advocacy and employment coaching services. It may partner with other service providers in the delivery of the following:

• Conduct pre-employment coaching, including values development and enhancement of work ethics to prospective local and overseas jobseekers
• Administer/conduct talent/skills assessment for jobseekers; and
• Conduct orientation and training to prospective local and overseas jobseekers regarding rules and regulations on anti-illegal recruitment and human

D. The PESO shall facilitate the implementation and/or provision of livelihood and self-employment programs and It shall:

• Determine client’s interests for livelihood and self-employment undertaking
• Refer clients for appropriate livelihood and self-employment/assistance and monitor the results of such referrals; and
• In coordination with DOLE Regional Coordinating Council (DOLE-RCC), facilitate the implementation of livelihood and self-employment programs and

E. In coordination with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO), the PESO shall assist in providing re-integration assistance services to returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).

F. Coordinate and promote the adoption of enrolled youth work programs such as SPES and GIP pursuant to Executive Order no. 139 through Kabataan 2000 under the Office of the President as implemented by the DOLE and other agencies based on existing laws, rules and regulations.

G. The PESO shall likewise perform other functions analogous to the above including programs or activities developed by the DOLE to enhance provision of employment assistance to clients, particularly for special groups of disadvantaged workers such as persons with disabilities (PWDs) and displaced

OTHER SERVICES:

Where appropriate, the PESO shall likewise provide the following employment services:

1. Initiate and organize job fairs, provided that job fairs conducted by private entities or educational institutions shall be supervised and monitored by the PESO pursuant to DOLE guidelines;
2. Facilitate the conduct of local recruitment/special recruitment activities in coordination with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and in accordance with the existing laws, rules, and regulations:
3. Initiate and organize livelihood and self-employment bazaars, in coordination with government and non-government institutions undertaking livelihood and self-employment programs and services; and
4. Coordinate and monitor the implementation of government-funded infrastructure projects to provide recruitment assistance to contractors for their skilled and unskilled human resource requirement pursuant to Republic Act No. 6685, otherwise known as Workers Hiring in Infrastructure Projects (WHIP).