SABANGAN, Mountain Province – Some ten farmers from the different parts of the province are ready to be deployed to their employers in Japan following their selection to work overseas under the Join Us for Progress: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs program of the Dominguez family.
Dexter Badaran, president of the Manila-based Philippine Human-resources Global Information Center (PHGIC), stated that the 10 farmers were chosen by their respective Japanese employers during the stringent screening process conducted on 2 occasions this month, the last being September 26, 2022.
However, Badaran declined to divulge the names of their employers pending the completion of the selected workers of their documentary requirements for them to process the issuance of their visa from the Japanese embassy.
He claimed that this latest batch of farmers about to be deployed to Japan is part of the dozens of Mountain Province residents who were earlier chosen to be beneficiaries of the program after they completed the 4 to 6 months Nihongo language training which is now available in Sabangan and Tadian towns.
Badaran disclosed that the Dominguez family had been the company’s partner over the past 3 years in sending qualified residents of the province to Japan for employment where most of those that benefited from the training for work program are mostly caregivers.
Under the said program, qualified residents will be issued a technical intern training visa for 3 years with an extension of 2 years after which they will be issued a specified skills visa for another 5 years that makes the workers qualified to stay in Japan for a maximum of 10 years.
The PHGIC official disclosed that among the sectors that need qualified workers from the Philippines include farming, the various fields of construction, auto-mechanic, caregiving, among other related skills to help in providing opportunities for these individuals to earn a decent income.
At present, Badaran stipulated there are more than 60 of the initial 80 persons that attended the jobs fair who submitted their documents with the company, thus, these are being evaluated and assessed while they will be undergoing the required Japanese language training for them to easily hurdle the interviews of their prospective Japanese employers.
According to him, the company plans to go back to the province to conduct similar job fairs in strategic areas to get more individuals involved in the availing of the opportunities to land a job in Japan.
Former Mayor Jupiter C. Dominguez, who aspired for the province’s lone congressional post in the last May 9, 2022 election, emphasized that the overall aim of the program is to teach people how to fish so that they will be able to use their acquired skills to earn a living for their families instead of giving out dole outs that could easily be gone in a wink of an eye when not properly used for the benefit of their families.
He stipulated that the Dominguez family had been quietly supporting this program which benefited more than 50 individuals who were able to be employed in Japan.
The PHGIC is a non-government organization that has established linkages with prestigious individuals and companies in Japan which are in need of skilled Filipino workers who want to work and be part of the foreign country’s labor force.
The PHGIC official stipulated that almost all of those who earlier enrolled to take the privately-initiated Nihongo language training were able to complete the course although there were also a good number that backed out of the course due to difficulty in learning the language despite their desire to be employed overseas.