DOLE warns anew against internet-based recruitment
Labor Secretary Arturo Brion cautioned anew Filipino workers looking for overseas jobs to be wary of job offers through the Internet.
This Brion said after he noted the emerging trend of recruitment and posting of job vacancies on the Internet that have provided unscrupulous individuals the opportunity to victimize workers in search of high-paying overseas jobs.
"Workers should be wary of such job offers in the Internet especially when the online recruiter requires them to deposit money to some unknown accounts to cover processing and other fees", Brion said in a press report.
Victims fall prey to these scammers after being advised to submit credentials and deposit money to unknown accounts.
"Online recruitment scams requiring applicants to deposit money to certain accounts are most likely fraudulent", Brion added.
To prevent illegal recruitment done through the Internet, Brion has advised workers to check first with Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) whether the agency or individuals posting vacancies in the Internet are licensed and whether the vacancies are complemented with appropriate job orders from abroad.
The POEA allows only licensed agencies and their legitimate representative to post vacancies and recruit Filipino workers through the Internet.
Brion said the POEA Governing Board, through Resolution No. 6, series of 2007, gives the recruitment agencies and their legitimate representatives which are registered with the POEA such authority as a measure to curtail illegal recruitment through the Internet.
(PIA)