
Advantages
from overseas recruitment includes, new insights and approaches to service
delivery that these professional bring with them. The success of any
recruitment campaign overseas lies in the planning and allocation of
sufficient resources to achieve the outcomes desired. Clarity in roles and
responsibilities against milestones and target dates is important,
especially when working with an agency. Plans should include the
infrastructure required to support the new employees in their successful
relocation, from arrival to induction and development.
Steps to plan a successful recruitment campaign are :
- Collect and collate evidence of your recruitment activities in
this country
- Decide where to recruit
- Identify your unique selling points
- Develop the infrastructure to support new staff
- Select an agency (an option to consider)
- Identify methods to attract the right candidates
- Identify the selection approaches that suit your needs
- Carry out essential checks
- Support and develop the new staff
- Evaluate the success of the campaign
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As a growing number of firms outsource more of their professional services
across geographic and temporal boundaries, one is faced with a need to
examine the authenticity of the Placement Agency and the candidate.
How to Avoid Employment Scams
If you decide to use an overseas job placement firm, the best way to avoid
being scammed is to learn as much as you can about the operation, by :
Asking for references.
- Request both name of employers and employees the company has
actually found jobs for.
- Checking out reliability
- Contact the local Better Business Bureau, as well as the state's
consumer protection agency,
- to find out if any complaints have been filed against the firm.
- Finding out how long the Employment Company has been in
business.
- Researching any information, the firm provides to you before you
make a commitment.
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DONTS TO AVOID ILLEGAL RECRUITMENT
- Don't Apply at recruitment agencies which are not licensed by the
Overseas Employment Administration.
- Don't deal with licensed agencies without job orders.
- Don't deal with any person who is not an authorized
representative of a licensed agency.
- Don't transact business outside of the registered address of the
agency. If recruitment is conducted in the province, check if the
agency has a Provincial Recruitment Authority.
- Don't pay more than the allowed placement fee. It should be
equivalent to one-month salary, exclusive of documentation and
processing costs.
- Don't pay any placement fee unless you have a valid employment
contract and an official receipt.
- Don't be enticed by ads or brochures requiring you to reply to a
Post Office (P.O.) Box, and to enclose payment for application forms
and processing of papers.
- Don't deal with Training Centers, Travel Agencies and
Foundations.
- Don't accept tourist or visitor's visas.
- Don't deal with fixers.
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