Alfred A. Pangelinan, the department’s Citizen Job Availability section director, yesterday said the intention of their visits is to “better understand the employer’s needs and expectations.”
Labor can then better communicate these needs to potential applicants, he added.
The on-site visit is not an inspection to determine whether a company complies with the 30 percent local hiring requirement.
“We would just like to assist employers in looking for U.S. citizens and other local residents who can fill jobs,” he said.
He said his office is also tasked to forecast employers’ needs for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled jobs occupied by foreign workers.
“These are jobs that employers need to achieve their business purposes,” he said.
According to Pangelinan, they have already visited four establishments on Saipan.
“The employers are very supportive of the program,” he said.
During their visit, Pangelinan said they ask the employer for a workforce plan which lists jobs that can and may be occupied by U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
For more information about this program, call 236-0935/6/7/8 and ask for Mary Olaitiman, Radbet Solomon or Alice Conception.
