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Oct 15, 2005, 05:41 PM
350 foreign firms to tap RP workers
By BERNIE CAHILES–MAGKILAT
http://www.mb.com.ph/BSNS2005101446656.html#
More than 350 foreign employers from transnational companies in Taiwan, Australia, the Middle East, Japan, the Caribbean, Europe and North America will meet with licensed recruitment and manning agencies this November to identify and select Filipino professionals and high-skill specialists for overseas employment.
Their conference here from November 8 to 11, 2005, is under the Labor Opportunity Program (DOLOP) of the Department of Labor and Employment and the private recruitment and manning industry.
Labor Undersecretary Danilo P. Cruz, who launched DOLOP last Tuesday, expressed confidence that DOLOP will enable DOLE to meet its commitment of generating an additional one million jobs a year.
The arriving foreign executives, he said, are charged with building up or maintaining a strategic work force of professionals and specialists who will enhance the productivity or competitive advantage of multinationals.
Among these professionals and specialists in high demand are those involved in hotels and resorts, oil exploration, education, science, construction, IT, cruising, medicine, aviation, manufacturing and management consultancy.
The DOLOP events at the Philippine International Convention Center are the First International Labor Mart, the First International Labor Opportunities Forum, Second International Employers Award, and presentation of livelihood programs and business opportunities for overseas Filipino workers and recognition of outstanding OFW families.
The foreign employers will transact only with recruitment and manning companies licensed by DOLE, he said. DOLOP is also open to local companies looking for professional and specialist staff.
Pay packages and work conditions offered during the conference will have to be registered and approved first by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to protect and promote the welfare of Filipino workers.
The global labor market, he said, is experiencing a shortage of professional and specialist skills due to factors such as globalization, demographic aging of population in several developed countries, and fast growth of the information communication technologies.
Administrator Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz of the Philippine Oveseas Employment Administration (POEA) said the Philippines has to be proactive and intensify its marketing campaigns to fortify its competitive edge and expand its share of the global market before rival supplier-countries step up their own campaigns.
Undersecretary Cruz said that the new program is being undertaken (1) to expand and identify global and domestic labor opportunities for employment of Filipino specialists and seafarers, (2) to show the Philippines as a top provider of quality human resources, (3) to enhance the working partnership between the government and the private placement industry, (4) to present alternative livelihood opportunities for Filipino specialists, and (5) to create a benchmark for foreign employers’ performance that can serve as a model for other employers.
Every year, the Philippines deploys 900,000 workers in friendly-host countries. There are about 7.8 million Filipinos either working or living in 194 countries or 10 per cent of the population. Last year, overseas workers remitted more than $8 billion to their families. (BCM)
By BERNIE CAHILES–MAGKILAT
http://www.mb.com.ph/BSNS2005101446656.html#
More than 350 foreign employers from transnational companies in Taiwan, Australia, the Middle East, Japan, the Caribbean, Europe and North America will meet with licensed recruitment and manning agencies this November to identify and select Filipino professionals and high-skill specialists for overseas employment.
Their conference here from November 8 to 11, 2005, is under the Labor Opportunity Program (DOLOP) of the Department of Labor and Employment and the private recruitment and manning industry.
Labor Undersecretary Danilo P. Cruz, who launched DOLOP last Tuesday, expressed confidence that DOLOP will enable DOLE to meet its commitment of generating an additional one million jobs a year.
The arriving foreign executives, he said, are charged with building up or maintaining a strategic work force of professionals and specialists who will enhance the productivity or competitive advantage of multinationals.
Among these professionals and specialists in high demand are those involved in hotels and resorts, oil exploration, education, science, construction, IT, cruising, medicine, aviation, manufacturing and management consultancy.
The DOLOP events at the Philippine International Convention Center are the First International Labor Mart, the First International Labor Opportunities Forum, Second International Employers Award, and presentation of livelihood programs and business opportunities for overseas Filipino workers and recognition of outstanding OFW families.
The foreign employers will transact only with recruitment and manning companies licensed by DOLE, he said. DOLOP is also open to local companies looking for professional and specialist staff.
Pay packages and work conditions offered during the conference will have to be registered and approved first by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to protect and promote the welfare of Filipino workers.
The global labor market, he said, is experiencing a shortage of professional and specialist skills due to factors such as globalization, demographic aging of population in several developed countries, and fast growth of the information communication technologies.
Administrator Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz of the Philippine Oveseas Employment Administration (POEA) said the Philippines has to be proactive and intensify its marketing campaigns to fortify its competitive edge and expand its share of the global market before rival supplier-countries step up their own campaigns.
Undersecretary Cruz said that the new program is being undertaken (1) to expand and identify global and domestic labor opportunities for employment of Filipino specialists and seafarers, (2) to show the Philippines as a top provider of quality human resources, (3) to enhance the working partnership between the government and the private placement industry, (4) to present alternative livelihood opportunities for Filipino specialists, and (5) to create a benchmark for foreign employers’ performance that can serve as a model for other employers.
Every year, the Philippines deploys 900,000 workers in friendly-host countries. There are about 7.8 million Filipinos either working or living in 194 countries or 10 per cent of the population. Last year, overseas workers remitted more than $8 billion to their families. (BCM)