Guidelines For Nurse and Caregiver Applicants in Japan
The
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) via their official website
releases an article that specifies the experiences of the fist batch of
Filipino nurses and caregivers who were hired via the Japan Philippines Economic
partnership Agreement (JPEPA) and are now doing their on the job training
(OJT).
According
to the POEA Administrator, Jennifer Jardin-Manalili the said article aims to
serve as a guideline by offering relevant information that will be useful for
all nurses and caregivers who also wish to work in Japan.
The tips
and reminders that Manalili shared covers the JPEPA hiring process from the selection
process to actual deployment. These are the things that POEA wants every nurse
and applicants that wish to work in the hospital and caregiving institutions inJapan:
Manalili said that applicants
belonging to the younger age bracket of 20-35 year olds have advantage over
older applicants. Even though there is no specific age requirement, majority
of those who were hired are the younger applicants.
Once selected, the applicants
are reminded that the 6- month language training is a very important requirement.
So it is a must that they are ready and wiling to commit to the Monday to Saturday
schedule of the training for the entire six months. Applicants who have
doubts that they can attend and finish the course are advised to think
hard before submitting their applications.
Meanwhile, applicants who
have reached the minimum requirement of Level II of Japanese Language
Proficiency may be exempted from the language training and immediately proceed
with their on the job training.
It is also a must that
applicants are physically and mentally fit to be able to meet the demands of
the training and adjusting to the new culture.
The 2ndbatch of recruitment has started and is expected to be completed at the first
part of the year. Interested applicants are encouraged to register here: http://www.eregister.poea.gov.ph/ereg/ereg.asp
Online registrants
are also reminded to keep updating their profile and remain active to have a
bigger chance of being included in the matching process. They should also ensure
that all documents presented are authentic and complete. The POEA will also conduct
pre-employment seminars bases on the experiences and pointers that were shared
by those belonging in the 1st batch.