New Zealand Opens 10,000 Jobs for Filipinos
Manila | New Zealand is in need of 10,000 Filipino workers, where high salary and good benefits are waiting for the lucky applicants. On the other hand, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and New Zealand government are telling the applicants to be careful of illegal recruiters who ask huge recruitment fees.
Most of the needed workers will be assigned in Christchurch, the NZ government said. The city was badly damaged during the 2011 earthquake and because the country lacks workers, the government needs skilled employees from the Philippines.
“Our boss is impressed with us. I think they are more confident to Filipino workers than other nationalities because we can do almost anything”, Julio Agusto, a construction worker who has been in the country since 2012 told TPP.
The POEA said applicants must go directly to the POEA office and must not entertain any private recruiters who ask for recruitment fee. These New Zealand job offers do not require any placement fee, according to the government agency.
The NZ government noted that the 2011 earthquake has severely damaged the city’s structure and the needed 10,000 workers could help restore the business establishments.
“Filipinos have fantastic skills and are fantastic workers, and won’t be doing what we are doing now if not because of our Filipino workers. We need more staff from the Philippines“, Antony Leigh, owner of Leigh’s Construction said. His firm employs more than 100 Filipino construction workers.
Nevertheless, the job is not only for construction workers and other heavy-skilled workers. NZ also need office workers, restaurant staff, caregivers, manufacturing workers, and other non-managerial jobs.
Michael Woodhouse, an Immigration Official from New Zealand also visited the Philippines to discuss the upcoming job offers. He is scheduled to sign an agreement with the Philippine government about OFW welfare, security, and benefits.
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/Dina Birjen/ Assisted Press Manila
