Australia (particularly in South Wales needs hundreds of construction workers to finish various home and building projects. There are job openings for sheet metal fabricators, carpet and vinyl floor finishers, machinists, aluminum window fabricators or blazers, boiler makers, welders, carpenters, plumbers, painters, and building electricians. Civil, industrial and mechanical engineers are also in-demand. Interested applicants may send their resumés to admin@jerphi.com

The current and upcoming infrastructure projects in Saudi and UAE specifically Dubai would open more employment opportunities for Filipino construction and hotel workers. An estimated 11,000 more jobs would be available in Dubai while KSA would need 30,000 more construction and hotel workers. According to the POEA administrator, Rosalinda Baldoz, “There are a lot of job orders for construction, operations and maintenance crew, hotel and restaurant personnel and tourism-related workers.”

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OFW Jobs 2007: A Grand Recruitment and Livelihood Fair will be held on October 18-20, 2007at the Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall. Basically a Jobs and Livelihood Fair, the event aim to instill among first-timers and returning OFWs the beauty of doing business locally while actively working abroad. With licensed recruiters conducting on-the-spot interviews for thousands of skilled and non-skilled job vacancies abroad, qualified applicants, especially those with complete requirements are sure to get their dream jobs fast and easy. For more information, contact EventWorx Company at telephone #746-2764, mobile phone #0906-2457831, or send an email to info_eventworx@yahoo.com or visit www.ofwjobs2007.com

K-Line Ship Management Co. Ltd., a Japanese shipping line is set to acquire 300 new vessels in the next four yeas (2008 to 2011) as part of the company’s fleet expansion. Shuichiro Maeda, president of K-Line said that they are planning to hire 7,000 Filipino seafarers. The official said that they prefer Filipinos because they’ve been working with them for the longest time and having a pure Filipino crew onboard a vessel is much easier to manage.