Department of Labor and Employment
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Career Insights, Community, EMPLOYMENT, Jobs Market
The Real ‘Call’ that Filipino Nurses Should Answer
The oversupply of nurses in thePhilippines and the consequent problem on misemployment had been a glaring social concern in the recent years. Since 2010, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) already admitted that Filipino nursing graduates are a major contributor to the population of ‘mismatched’ professionals. With limited solutions at hand, DOLE and other [...]
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Community, EMPLOYMENT, Jobs Market, NEWS
Top 5 Overseas Destinations for Filipino Nurses this 2012
Filipino nurses who are seeking for greener pastures abroad may want to check the countries where their services are very much needed: Listed below are the top overseas destinations for Filipino nurses abroad. The list is based on the number of job openings in the leading overseas job portal in the Philippines–WorkAbroad.ph All the job [...]
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Career Insights, COMMENTARIES, EMPLOYMENT, NEWS, Working Conditions
RN-HEALS Program: Another “Band-Aid” Solution?
Last 2010, the Department of Health (DOH) in collaboration with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) catapulted an employment-generating project for thousands of Filipino registered nurses who were either underemployed or unemployed. Dubbed as “RN-HEALS” (Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement and Local Service), the latest program is a far cry from its previous version [...]
