THE GOVERNMENT and job-matching startup firm Kalibrr Thursday signed a deal that would allow government agencies to post job openings on the Kalibrr site for free for one year.
In a statement, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said this agreement was expected to “open up more work opportunities for Filipinos in public service” while ensuring “faster recruitment and hiring for government positions.”
“The work of governance reform requires skill, talent, and integrity, and our Filipino youth have much of that to offer. By partnering with Kalibrr, we not only expose more young professionals to prime opportunities in public service. We also strengthen the necessary bridge between government and the private sector, so that we can further modernize the bureaucracy and streamline its functions and services,” said Budget Secretary Florencio B. Abad said.
The government found its initial foray with Kalibrr, which started last April, a success in terms of attracting applicants.
After Kalibrr posted on its site government jobs up for grabs at the departments of Budget and Management, Finance, Tourism, Transportation and Communications as well as the Bureau of Internal Revenue, these agencies received 27,360 applications for a total of 3,558 positions, compared with an average of just 200 applications per month in the past.
The DBM, for instance, noted that Kalibrr generated 2,512 applications for only 32 available new jobs in the agency.
“The number of overall applicants received for our partner government agencies has been overwhelming. We, at Kalibrr, are glad to have been able to help them achieve their goals in finding young passionate Filipinos interested in making positive changes in our community. We look forward to continue being part of the nation-building process in any way we possibly can,” Kalibrr chief executive and co-founder Paul Rivera said.
“For a long time, government work did not always seem to be an attractive career option for our young men and women. Over the last five years, we’ve been able to show that with the right leadership, public service can be a meaningful and competitive profession. There is already a great deal of talent across so many of our agencies. We would like to see more of that in the coming years,” Abad said.
The DBM said job openings in other government agencies such as the Departments of Education, Environment and Natural Resources, Labor and Employment, and Public Works and Highways, as well as the Civil Service Commission and the National Economic and Development Authority, would also be posted on Kalibrr soon.