Filipinos
who want to work and live in New
Zealand should be aware that there are
several pathways they can take to achieve their aim. The best options available
for you would depend on your qualifications, status, work experience, skills
and capital.
The two
events can also help experienced workers who are looking for greener pastures
find their dream job. It is also open for ex-overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)
who wants to work abroad because there would be recruitment agencies that may
conduct interviews and hire you on the spot!
With its aging and relatively low
population (only 4 million as compared to almost 100 million in the
Philippines), New Zealand is a country that holds lots of employment
and migration opportunities for professional and skilled foreign
workers including nurses.
The United Kingdom
one of the common and favored destinations of Filipino nurses is set to
implement a new and stricter policy regarding their student visa guidelines. This
news may negatively affect the Filipino nurses who opt to take the study and
work program of this European country.
To all
Filipino nurses who are NCLEX and IELTS passer who have always wanted to work
in America,
here is your chance to fulfill your dream. An advertisement posted by a
POEA-licensed agency, Placewell International Services Corporation, said that
they are recruiting 150 registered nurses to be deployed in various US states.
A report on available job
orders at POEA website confirms the various approved job orders for Physical
therapist in different countries: http://www.poea.gov.ph/cgi-bin/JobVacancies/PosJobsResult.asp.
And in WorkAbroad.ph current lists of job openings, there are job opportunities
for physical therapist in three US
states: Ohio, Maryland
and Florida.
Nursing
is still a very much in-demand profession abroad. Even though the most favored
destination of many nurses is United Stated of America (as evident with the result
of many online surveys), the opportunity to work there becomes difficult
because of the current via retrogression. The good news is that great
opportunities still await qualified nurses in many alternative destinations
such as Saudi Arabia
and United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The
position is open to female applicants who are between the ages of 22 to 33 years
old. They must be a degree holder and a board passer. They strictly require a
minimum of 2 years experience in a hospital or clinic setting.
Recruitment is handled by the POEA through their Government
Placement Branch (GPB). Some of the job vacancies are for nurses, pharmacists,
physiotherapists, dental assistants, medical technologists, etc.
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.
According
to a local recruitment agency, the Emerald International Manpower Services
Corporation there is a job order for 200 staff nurses for a hospital in Singapore,
Nurses to be hired will sign a two–year work contract that is renewable. They
will also receive a monthly salary of Singapore Dollar 1400 -1500 a month or
Php 46, 266 to 49,571.
Filipino nurses
and caregivers who wish to work in Japan but failed to send in their applications
during the 1st recruitment that took place early this year now have
another chance to fulfill their dream of working in this Asian country.
International Medical Center (under POEA Reg.# 10072362) in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced their need of highly skilled and experienced Filipino medical professionals.
To help solve the shortage of attending physician in
government hospitals, the US Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Island (CNMI) is
planning to hire doctors from other countries particularly in the Philippines.
Unemployed
nurses or those who are still waiting for the board exam result should not let
their skills and expertise stuck; hence, they should find other ways on how to
get going in spite of the lack of opportunities for nurses in the country.
During
the recent 5th Philippine Nursing Opportunities Conference, Expo and
Job Fair last September 18-19 at the Mandarin Oriental Suites Hotel, thousand
of job opportunities for nurses were unveiled.
Knowledge
Process Outsourcing (KPO) may saved filipino nurses from moving in another
country to find jobs by giving job opportunities as “digital medical
practitioners”
Unemployed
Filipinos who are actively seeking for jobs may see September as the month that
they will end their job search. That is if they take time to check out the
number of opportunities waiting for them at several job fairs happening this
month. Here are
some of the career events you shouldn’t miss:
The
second batch of nurse-trainees to be hired under the NARS program will be
assigned in 32 poorest municipalities of the provinces of Iloilo and Guimaras. The government is set to
deploy a total of 160 nurses.
