POEA advises OFWs: Check receipt from recruiter

Filipinos seeking work abroad may have to double-check the receipts they get from their recruitment agencies, Philippine labor officials advised.

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration head Hans Leo Cacdac said job applicants should make sure the recruiter's name is on the receipt.

"Reminder to job applicants: A receipt for payment to a recruiter that DOES NOT bear the name of the recruiter is not proper," he said.

This was the latest tip of the POEA to prospective OFWs.

Earlier, the POEA advised Filipinos looking for work abroad to make sure job offers posted in newspapers and on the Internet have vital data.

It also advised prospective OFWs to disregard ads with instructions for an interview in a hotel or private house.

"Job applicants should ... disregard ads with instruction to report for an interview in a hotel room or private residence. These ads are most likely placed by fly-by-night or other unauthorized recruiters," Cacdac said at the time.

He also said ads that lack information but require applicants to submit bio-data and other documents through an e-mail address or post office box "should be avoided."

Cacdac added only recruitment agencies licensed by the POEA are allowed to place advertisements for overseas jobs. Foreign employers may advertise only through them or through the POEA.  Joel Locsin /LBG, GMA News

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