Even as the economy of Japan is still trying to recover from the global financial crisis, the entry of Filipino candidate-nurses and caregivers continues on its second year of implementation, under the Economic Partnership Agreement between the two countries.
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), which implements this component of the JPEPA, was recently informed by [...]
As POEA, which in-charge of implementing the Korean Employment Permit System (EPS), in conjunction with HRD Korea, gets ready with its list of pre-qualified applicants for the forthcoming 6th EPS Korean Language Test (KLT), it has likewise adopted measures to ensure that only those qualified and not restricted to enter Korea should be able to [...]
POEA Administrator Jennifer Jardin-Manalili urges prospective applicants seeking employment in the United Kingdom (UK) to first inquire at the POEA whether those offering them employment under the UK New Points-Based System are accredited or registered with a licensed recruitment agency. The availability of job vacancies in the UK, ranging from professionals like scientists, environmental, IT [...]
Any act of canvassing, enlisting, contracting, transporting, utilizing, hiring or procuring workers and includes referring, contract services, promising or advertising for employment abroad, whether for profit or not, when undertaken by a non-license or non-holder of authority contemplated under Art 13 (F) of Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended otherwise known as [...]
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration clarified today that the 13,360 job orders approved for the United States for the year 2009 includes not only nurses but also other medical health professionals such as pharmacists and physiotherapists, seasonal workers in hotels, golf courses and resorts, information and communication technology workers and related fields.
Administrator Jennifer Jardin-Manalili cited [...]
