The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has only one official Facebook site and that is www.facebook.com/poea.gov.ph.
Thus, Filipinos applying for work overseas are cautioned against other Facebook sites appearing and posting job openings.
POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said they have monitored at least a dozen pages on social media sites illegally using its logo to lure prospective workers for countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan and the United States.
These pages are:
POEA Job Hirings in New Zealand
POEA Jobs Online
OFW POEA Jobs Abroad
POEA Jobs Abroad
POEA Job Hiring USA
POEA Job Hiring Australia
POEA Job Hiring UK
POEA Job Agency Hiring
POEA Trabaho Abroad Hiring
POEA Jobs in Dubai
Work Abroad-poea Licensed Company; and
POEA Accredited Licensed Agency.
Olalia said that in its Facebook page, POEA Job Hirings in New Zealand claimed to have several job openings for Filipinos who intend to work for Honda New Zealand. Upon verification, Honda “denied any active recruitment activity in the Philippines or any country outside New Zealand.”
In a statement, Olalia advised applicants to use the online verification system at the website poea.gov.ph or call telephone hotlines 87221144 and 87221155.
