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MANILA - Two licensed recruitment agencies in the country have committed to assist typhoon Yolanda survivors by recruiting them for overseas jobs free of charge, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said in a news release Thursday.
One of the two companies, Skills International Co. Inc., wrote Baldoz a letter expressing sadness over the devastating effect of the typhoon on the Visayans and expressed readiness to initially "help 200 affected families by sending a family member to work abroad free of charge."
Marivic Daas, president of Skills International Co. Inc. personally visited Baldoz at her office and delivered relief goods for the typhoon survivors.
"We would like to work in partnership with the DOLE in any project to help the Filipinos," Daas said.
The second company also pledged to the Department of Labor and Employment, through the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, to recruit more than 300 workers in typhoon-ravaged areas, specifically Samar and Leyte, for its overseas clients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In his report to the secretary, POEA Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac said International Skills Development (ISD), a major player in overseas recruitment, has pledged to hire over 300 workers for ABV Rock Group, one of its principal clients in the Kingdom.
Cacdac reported that ISD president Levi S. De Mesa wrote to inform him that ISD recruitment personnel will be in Cebu City to coordinate worker recruitment from Samar and Leyte.
"We will need more than 300 workers," de Mesa said in his letter.
What they need
The ISD official said ABV Rock Group's manpower requirements include a worker for each of the following positions: electrical supervisor, tiling foreman, civil engineering supervisor, finishing supervisor, assistant civil engineer, civil engineer, mechanical engineer, finishing marble works foreman, finishing for doors (gypsum and ceiling) foreman, assistant supervisor, finishing group assistant supervisor, finishing supervisor, general foreman, technician, and welder.
The company also needs to hire electrical foremen (2), mason block works and plastering foremen (3), masons, block works and plastering workers (25), tiling and finishing masons (15), marble fixers/installer masons (15), finishing carpenters for doors-gypsum and ceiling (34), shuttering carpenters (62), painters (27), steel fixers (52), scaffolders (15), scaffolding foremen (2), and steel fixers (35).
"This is a magnanimous and timely offer of employment assistance," said Baldoz of the ISD pledge.
"It complements our thrust to intensify the provision of local and all other employment services through the DOLE’s regional offices, Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs), and attached agencies," she added, expressing thanks to the two companies for the gesture of support.
Last week, Baldoz directed all DOLE regional offices and PESOs to exert all-out effort in providing survivors employment facilitation, livelihood, and training assistance.
In a related development, Cacdac reported that the POEA, in partnership with the licensed overseas employment sector, will visit Ormoc City from 13-14 December to conduct a relief and medical mission and profile candidates for a January 2014 job fair.
"Aside from the relief and medical mission, we will already profile prospective OFWs, see to it that they have basic documents, such as birth certificates and clearances, and alert them of the overseas job fair. In that way, we will already know their basic skills and inclination and so tailor the job fair vacancies that our partners will bring," said Cacdac.
For more information or questions, call the POEA Hotlines 722-11-55 or 722-11-44 or the DOLE Hotline 527-8000.
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