The United Kingdom opens its doors to 16,000 Filipino nurses while Hong Kong is in need of 154,000 household service workers, says Manila labour official. This can be a very good alternative to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who got affected by the recent total deployment ban in Kuwait.
The government is also urging interested applicants to apply for jobs in countries like Japan, US, New Zealand and Australia.
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has released an approved list of job offers which was made available since March 9.
“We have alternative markets and they (OFWs) can use their experience in Kuwait to their advantage,” says Deputy Administrator of POEA Jocelyn Sanchez.
The current total deployment ban in Kuwait has affected about 10,000 skilled workers, said the Coalition of Licensed Agencies for Domestic and Service Workers (CLADS).
As per the POEA database, these countries are in need of the following workers:
Engineers
Japan – 7,024
US – 3,383
South Korea – 3,172
Algeria – 1,184
New Zealand – 754
Nurses
United Kingdom – 16,086
Singapore – 5,645
Ireland – 4,169
Germany – 1,595
New Zealand – 750
Welders
Japan – 5,125
US – 3,632
Australia – 1,487
Singapore – 1,300
New Zealand – 900
Canada – 530
Cook
Brunei – 856
Australia – 803
Macau – 627
Cyprus – 214
Singapore – 186
Drivers
New Zealand – 229
Brunei – 86
Diego Garcia – 54
Australia – 40
Assemblers
Japan – 3,671
Taiwan – 665
New Zealand – 62
Laborers
Taiwan – 657
Brunei – 350
New Zealand – 90
Czech Republic – 25
Household service workers
Hong Kong – 154,511
Singapore – 30,699
Cyprus – 11,325
Brunei – 6,619
Macau – 3,308
OFWs affected by the deployment bain in Kuwait are also encouraged to undergo a skills training at TESDA to boost their chances of getting employed.
