Filipino nurses warned vs dubious job offers
SOURCE: abs-cbnNEWS.com
The Philippine Nurses Association of United Kingdom and Ireland (PNA-UK) warned "kababayans" to be wary of job offers that go through a dubious process.
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SOURCE: abs-cbnNEWS.com
The Philippine Nurses Association of United Kingdom and Ireland (PNA-UK) warned "kababayans" to be wary of job offers that go through a dubious process.
PNA-UK President Michael Duque said prospective Filipino nurses needs to be cautious in dealing with recruiters.
“We are concerned about these improper recruitment procedures and do not want our Filipinos nurses tricked into parting with huge sums of money for nothing,” Duque said.
Duque said the association has noticed an increase in the request for assistance and verification of the authenticity of job offers.
Majority of the information provided dismisses the job offer as highly irregular and involves suspicious proceedings.
“We want Filipino nurses to join us here in the UK to help in the health service, but we want them to be very wary of fraudulent actions both by individuals and business entities, British and Filipino,” Duque said.
He explained that the association recently documented a modus operandi where prospective applicants are sent a message of job interest by email.
Once an applicant replies to the job offer, the alleged employer will further request for the applicant’s complete and detailed CV to start the processing of documents and papers by his appointed solicitor or attorney-in-fact.
Following this, an email containing a detailed Contract of Agreement and a Certificate of Employment will be sent to the applicant with the instruction to sign and send back by email to the employer and his attorney/solicitor who will be supposed to review the applicant’s papers.
He said the Contract of Employment itself is highly attractive and appealing with an offer of a high salary, loads of bonuses, benefits, and a comfortable work-load or duties and responsibilities.
The solicitor will email the applicant with a Certificate of Good Moral Character application form and instructions on how to complete this important document, without which the whole process of job recruitment cannot proceed. This significant document (Certificate of Good Moral Character) needs to be processed before anything else.
The solicitor’s email clearly identifies himself as independent of the employer and often times assert that he works for the High Courts or from a prominent Solicitor’s Firm. The solicitor’s email will also contain specific instructions on how to pay his fees before he can further process your application.
Request for payment are often made through wire transfer or money transfer.
Simultaneously, the employer may also email the applicant pictures of his family and engage in a friendly exchange of information by email on a daily basis.
The employer may also, from time to time, follow-up on the applicant’s documents and question the delay in the processing.
PNA UK advises that applicants should exercise common sense in dealing with these situations.
The following basic guidelines have been outlined to help the applicant:
· Research further details through the internet. Use names, telephone numbers, addresses, company names in the syntax of the term.
· If you have friends and relative in the place or country where the employer is, ask them to check the details for you or even visit the employer for a friendly chat.
· Check the details of the employer and his collaborator with the local authorities.
· Call the business establishment to verify their legitimacy using telephone numbers found in the internet, websites or telephone directory. Do not call to verify using the contact numbers found in their email, chances are these are routing-numbers.
· Check and verify with the Philippines Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) for any existing legitimacy of the job offer.
· Avoid sending sensitive information about yourself (i.e. bank and credit card details, passport details, national insurance numbers, social security, etc.)
· If highly suspicious, end all communications and report to the local authorities.
· Use accredited recruitment agencies.
“We are concerned about these improper recruitment procedures and do not want our Filipinos nurses tricked into parting with huge sums of money for nothing,” Duque said.
Duque said the association has noticed an increase in the request for assistance and verification of the authenticity of job offers.
Majority of the information provided dismisses the job offer as highly irregular and involves suspicious proceedings.
“We want Filipino nurses to join us here in the UK to help in the health service, but we want them to be very wary of fraudulent actions both by individuals and business entities, British and Filipino,” Duque said.
He explained that the association recently documented a modus operandi where prospective applicants are sent a message of job interest by email.
Once an applicant replies to the job offer, the alleged employer will further request for the applicant’s complete and detailed CV to start the processing of documents and papers by his appointed solicitor or attorney-in-fact.
Following this, an email containing a detailed Contract of Agreement and a Certificate of Employment will be sent to the applicant with the instruction to sign and send back by email to the employer and his attorney/solicitor who will be supposed to review the applicant’s papers.
He said the Contract of Employment itself is highly attractive and appealing with an offer of a high salary, loads of bonuses, benefits, and a comfortable work-load or duties and responsibilities.
The solicitor will email the applicant with a Certificate of Good Moral Character application form and instructions on how to complete this important document, without which the whole process of job recruitment cannot proceed. This significant document (Certificate of Good Moral Character) needs to be processed before anything else.
The solicitor’s email clearly identifies himself as independent of the employer and often times assert that he works for the High Courts or from a prominent Solicitor’s Firm. The solicitor’s email will also contain specific instructions on how to pay his fees before he can further process your application.
Request for payment are often made through wire transfer or money transfer.
Simultaneously, the employer may also email the applicant pictures of his family and engage in a friendly exchange of information by email on a daily basis.
The employer may also, from time to time, follow-up on the applicant’s documents and question the delay in the processing.
PNA UK advises that applicants should exercise common sense in dealing with these situations.
The following basic guidelines have been outlined to help the applicant:
· Research further details through the internet. Use names, telephone numbers, addresses, company names in the syntax of the term.
· If you have friends and relative in the place or country where the employer is, ask them to check the details for you or even visit the employer for a friendly chat.
· Check the details of the employer and his collaborator with the local authorities.
· Call the business establishment to verify their legitimacy using telephone numbers found in the internet, websites or telephone directory. Do not call to verify using the contact numbers found in their email, chances are these are routing-numbers.
· Check and verify with the Philippines Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) for any existing legitimacy of the job offer.
· Avoid sending sensitive information about yourself (i.e. bank and credit card details, passport details, national insurance numbers, social security, etc.)
· If highly suspicious, end all communications and report to the local authorities.
· Use accredited recruitment agencies.
