PDOS Advisory no 004 Series of 2009

All prospective overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and returning OFWs are reminded of cultural peculiarities in dealing with foreign nationals. Our penchant for overly expressing out friendliness/ closeness through physical contact or “touching” (pagkalabit o pagyakap-yakap o paghawak-hawak) may be wrongfully interpreted as sexual harassment, sexual advance or uncalled-for friendliness.

This advisory is being issued to prevent further repetition of such incident, which ended up with a female Filipino nurse in London, England being hailed to court but was fortunately proven innocent of the charge of sexual harassment.

Are you looking for that dream job or waiting for that perfect opportunity that will take your career to new heights. You may find all that and more with the latest event organized by SRK Events Management.

In support of the government’s program to provide employment and business opportunity to job seekers and intending immigrants, SRK Events presents the 2009 Worldwide Job Fair, Business and Immigration Conference & Expo. It will be held on April 24-25, 2009 at the Philippine Trade Training Center, Pasay City, Philippines. Read more.

If you or someone you know have a job offer in Vietnam, it pays to make sure that the recruiters one is dealing with is legitimate. This is the recent reminder issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) as more reports regarding the activities of an illegal recruiter based in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) reached their office.

According to the DFA, the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam said the illegal recruiter in Vietnam reportedly recruits Filipino workers but asked them to pay for the travel expenses. Upon arriving n Vietnam, the recruiter left the poor workers to themselves. Read more.

The DOLE in collaboration with STI College and the Manila City government launched the Jobapalooza Mobile Caravan to bring to the barangay level the online registration of graduates and jobseekers and consequently help employers find needed skills during the biggest and simultaneous nationwide Jobapalooza Job Fair on Labor Day.

Jobapalooza-STI Mobile Caravan schedule:
• April 15 – Villamor, Pasay (am); Mabulay, Pasay (pm).
• April 18 – Patricia Sports Complex, District 2 (am)
• Don Bosco Technical School, Tondo, District 1 (pm) April 22 – Rasac, Alvarez St. cor. Avenida, Rizal Ave., District 4, Manila (am); Pasay City Hall (pm).
• April 23 – Caloocan City Hall (am); Malabon City Hall (pm).
• April 24 Quadrangle of Muntinlupa City Hall (am-pm); DOLE Regional Office, Cagayan De Oro City (am-pm). April 27 – Baguio (am-pm).
• April 29 – Dapitan Sports Complex, Instruction St. District 4, Manila (am); Theresa Sports Complex, Theresa St., Old Sta. Mesa, Manila District 6, Manila (pm).

Upon registration with the STI Mobile Caravan, jobseekers would get an emailed ticket to the Jabapalooza Job Fair and concert, which would be held at SM Mall of Asia on May 1. Jobseekers who could not register with the mobile caravan may register with Jobapalooza by logging on to http://phil-job.net. Those who are qualified would receive final instructions on their application during the May 1 Jobapalooza Job Fair in their respective regions.

Filipino hotel workers as well as those whose occupation belong to the low skilled category can no longer be accepted to enter United Kingdom (UK) for employment purposes.

According to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), UK is not accepting low skilled foreign workers. The Labor Secretary, Marianito Roque said, “At present, most of the available semi-skilled, and low-skilled jobs in the UK are no longer open to non-Europeans, particularly in hotels, restaurants, food catering, retail business, construction and manufacturing.” Read more.