Public Employment Service Office (PESO)

What is a PESO?

The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) is a multi – service facility established to provide employment information and assistance to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) clients and constituents of Local Government Units (LGU). It makes available in one roof the various employment programs and services of the DOLE to enable all types of clientele to know more about them and seek specific assistance they require.

JAs a means to expand the reached of employment facilitation service of government, PESO’s are established in every province, city and municipality, throughout the country. They are community based and maintained largely by local government units (LGUs) and a non-government Organizations (NGOs) .

What are the PESO Objectives?

• General Objectives:
• Ensure the prompt, timely and efficient delivery of employments services and provision of information on other DOLE programs.

• Specific Objectives:
• Provide a venue where people could explore simultaneously various employment options and actually seek assistance they prefer.
• Serve as referral and information center for the various services and programs of DOLE and other agencies present in the province/area.
• Provide clients with adequate information on employment labor market situation in the area.
• Network with other PESOs within the region and nationwide for job exchange purposes.
• Bring government services closer to the people, thus concretizing DOLEs cooperative linkages with LGUs.