300 EMPLOYMENT SLOTS OPEN FOR STUDENTS IN BAGUIO CITY

GOOD news for students in Baguio City who are looking for jobs.

THE city government of Baguio is now accepting applications for 300 slots of the 2025 Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES). 

Public Employment Service Office (PESO) manager Michelle Agbuya on Friday said they would soon conduct an examination to identify the qualifiers.  

Agbuya said there are already 638 applicants that will undergo screening.

She said qualified for the SPES program are those 15 to 30 years of age, bonafide Baguio residents, mentally and physically fit, with good moral character, with an annual family income not exceeding P169,824, and with a passing general weighted average grade.  

Aside from the salary that the students will receive, they will also undergo training and have an experience of working in a government office, according to Agbuya. 

“This is also a good experience that they can show once they finish their studies and eventually start to look for a job,” she said.  

The SPES is an annual collaborative program of the city government and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) that provides short term employment to students, especially the poor and marginalized, to allow them to raise their tuition-money for the succeeding school year or semester.  

The PESO official said the program aims to help poor but deserving students finish their studies by giving them employment opportunities during their school breaks.