SABANGAN, Mountain Province – The Manila-based Philippine Human Resource Global Information Center (PHGIC) explained that there are various parameters in ascertaining the qualification of workers who can be deployed to their prospective employers in Japan that makes the process tedious in compliance to existing laws, rules and regulations to ensure that those who will be deployed will not cut short their contracts.
PHGIC president and general manager Clark Dexter Badaran clarified that passing the 4-month Nihongo language training is just part of the prescribed parameters required by the company of workers who can be deployed to their employers in Japan as there are other related factors such as their desire and willingness to work away from their families, among others.
He expressed disappointment at the efforts of some quarters in the province discrediting the continued implementation of the privately-initiated Join Us for Progress Program which should actually be supported by concerned government agencies that is why the company wants that those who will be deployed to Japan are those who can successfully hurdle the stringent requirements and trainings.
The PHGIC official claimed that prospective overseas workers who pass the stringent Nihongo language training will not necessarily guarantee their immediate deployment because they have to hurdle some criteria being implemented by the company to ascertain their potential deployment to their employers.
He pointed out that individuals must show their interest to be employed overseas and their ability to adjust to the culture of the foreign land where they will be deployed so that the people in charge of evaluating their fitness will be convinced to recommend them to be immediately deployed.
According to him, the job of deploying overseas workers overseas is very difficult because the company also would like to make sure that the ones they are deploying really deserve to be there to do their assigned jobs because there are instances when the deployed workers suddenly want to go back home primarily because of homesickness, among other petty reasons that could be easily addressed.
Badaran disclosed that in the case of PHGIC, the company wants to ensure that those being deployed to Japan are really fit for the job and that they understand the very purpose of the said program, especially those coming from Mountain Province, as they do not want their recorded to be tarnished by simple violations that could affect its image and the possible deployment of future workers from other areas in the country.
He appealed to the individuals availing of the free Nihongo language trainings being offered for interested overseas workers from Mountain Province to do their best to excel in their classes and show their willingness to make supreme sacrifices for them to be able to land gainful employment in Japan for the next three years that could extend up to 10 years depending on the desire of the overseas workers.
