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Monday, July 18, 2011

POEA: Recruiters Lament OFW Hiring Trend

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Found an article reference for OFWs. Hope you find nuggets of info in this one.


A CONSULTANT for the local recruitment industry was dismayed over the prevailing trend of growing number of rehires being deployed compared to the decreasing number of new hires over the past three years.

In a statement, recruitment veteran Emmanuel Geslani said there is a contrasting trend between new hires and rehires as shown in the records of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).


“The data significantly shows that most of the deployment of POEA depends on the large number of rehires returning to their job sites instead of an increase of new hires, meaning that fewer Filipinos are qualified to work abroad,” said Geslani.

Based on the POEA data, the new hires are 376,973 in 2008; 349,715 in 2009; and 341,966 in 2010.
On the other hand, records also reveal that rehires are 597,426 in 2008; 742,447 in 2009; 781,710 in 2010.
Geslani said the “trend” simply shows that there are less qualified Filipinos to meet the job orders being sent to the POEA.

“They remain vacant since most of the positions are difficult to fill up or, simply, the country does not have the competent and qualified manpower to replace our aging OFWs,” he said.
The industry leader called on the government to enhance more on the training efforts it has been conducting, especially those concerning highly-skilled occupations.
“The government should intensify training of manpower and apprenticeship for construction workers and other skills to replace the aging manpower for the continuation of the labor exports,” said Geslani.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2011/07/17/recruiters-lament-ofw-hiring-trend-167368

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