Phl opens hard-to-fill jobs to foreign workers

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MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines, one of the world’s largest exporters of labor, is now turning to foreign workers to address inadequacies in a number of professions.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said yesterday the government is allowing the entry of foreigners to at least 15 occupations suffering from skills shortage.

In an interview, Baldoz said that based on a study conducted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)’s Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES), there is a need “to liberalize the labor market and allow entry of foreign workers with the required skills so we can fill up those hard to fill occupations due to shortage.”

Among the skills in the occupational shortage list are architect, chemical engineer, chemist, environmental planner, fisheries technologist, geologist, guidance counselor, licensed librarian, medical technologist, sanitary engineer, computer numerical control machinist, assembly technician, test technician, pilot and aircraft mechanic.

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ang mga ng Nursing og Commerce, naa namoy kapilian.

[emailroy2002]

100 million People in Philippines and still short of this kind of position?

How about training and accepting once they are good for the job.

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unya ang salary handsome? maka-dani ug foreigner.
maypag ilang padak-an ang suweldo para naa nay dili mo-work abroad.

[Equinox]

pagka-bright gyud sa ato gobyerno..mang hire naman hinuon ug foreigner...tsk..tsk..tsk.

[Eve's Apple Project]

ka LOL bya aning balita-a.. shortage jud? hahaha

[Vino Kid]

unya moapply kaha na same salary with the local worker same profession.....

[cliff_drew]

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ang mga ng Nursing og Commerce, naa namoy kapilian.

pasabot sa article kay mang hire ug foreign workers, ang atoa kay wala daw qualified

[egoy90]

sus, ka common anang mga job position ilang giingon nga skill shortage...

nanglangyaw na man lang gani ang uban kay walay masudlan nga trabaho

kung naa man gamay kaayo sweldo despite sa ila mga nahuman nga propesyon ug special skills.

tagaan nila ug saktong sweldo ng mga OFW naa sa gawas diba manguli na,

kinsa gud ganahan mantrabaho sa gawas layo sa pamilya kung dako lang ang sweldo sa pinas.

[M.A.D.]

Which is stupid because they are paid according US dollar benchmark exchange rate. Otherwise no foreigners would want to work here.

[cliff_drew]

why not hire foreign nationals as trainors to help in providing the necessary skills to our local workers?