Strengthening the University’s vision and commitment to developing globally competitive leaders and professionals, a virtual Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) ceremonial signing between Sorsogon State University (SorSU) and Global Skilled Employment Services (GSES) took place on July 07, 2023, via Zoom meeting.
Through the proactive effort and initiative of SorSU-International Relations Office (IRO), headed by Dr. Vivien L. Chua (Director, SorSU-IRO) and SorSU-Castilla Campus, led by Prof. Andrew F. Detera (Campus Director, SorSU-Castilla Campus), the MOA symbolizes a shared partnership and collaboration between SorSU and GSES on overseas education, On-the-Job Training (OJT) of students, and employment opportunities for recent graduates and graduates/alumni with at least one or two years work experience & would qualify for a working visa, and other academic & professional development activities along the field of agriculture.
Global Skilled Employment Services (GSES), a recruitment services company based in Melbourne, Australia, with a sister company in the Philippines, specializes in providing and connecting Australian employers with highly skilled workers since 2010 and has deployed numerous Filipino workers in Australian dairy farms. At present, with the assistance and support of GSES, four alumni of SorSU-Castilla Campus are successfully working and living in Australia.
During the ceremonial MOA signing program, Dr. Jhonner D. Ricafort (Vice President for Academic Affairs), in his welcome remarks, emphasized that the agreement marks the beginning of a fruitful partnership to provide SorSUeño students with valuable On-the-Job Training (OJT) opportunities in Australia and contribute to the students’ future success.
“𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴-𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩.”
Meanwhile, SUC President III, Dr. Geraldine F. De Jesus, sincerely expressed her gratitude to GSES’s commitment to its collaboration with the institution in bridging student-interns and employees into the global workforce, affirming that the agency is helping not only the University to achieve its internationalization goals but more importantly, it will be offering internship venues to SorSU Agriculture students and much-needed employment opportunities to SorSU graduates.
“𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘯-𝘵𝘩𝘦-𝘑𝘰𝘣 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴.
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨-𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞ñ𝐨𝐬.”
Likewise, Prof. Andrew F. Detera (Campus Director, SorSU – Castilla Campus), in his 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚, also shared his deep appreciation to the placement agency, the administration, & concerned offices and positively asserted that Sorsogon State University-Castilla Campus commits to maximizing the opportunity by enhancing programs geared towards complementing industries’ demands and needs.
SUC President III, Dr. Geraldine F. De Jesus, represented the Sorsogon State University, while Ms. Estelle McNally (Founder & Director, GSES, Australia) represented Global Skilled Employment Services. The ceremonial signing was also attended by Dr. Telesforo D. Escoto (Campus Director, SorSU – Sorsogon City Campus); Dr. Vivien L. Chua (Director, SorSU-IRO); SorSU-Castilla Campus officials: Ms. Mari Anne B. Gojar (IRO Coordinator), Ms. Melody L. Llabres (ILDO Coordinator), Mr. Jerome M. Llabres (Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Program Chairperson), Mr. Jobert C. Arcilla (Bachelor in Agricultural Technology Program Chairperson), Prof. Achilles G. Honasan (DRRM Coordinator & Faculty Association President); Dr. Maria Lourdes G. Barrozo (University Registrar); Ms. Myrna D. Leoncito (Director, SorSU-PIO); Ms. Caryl L. Gamis (IRO Staff); SorSU employees, students, & other stakeholders; and GSES officials/representatives.
The MOA signing was witnessed by Prof. Andrew F. Detera (Campus Director, SorSU – Castilla Campus) and Mr. Fadi Malek (Founder & Director, GSES). (SorSU PIO)
