Filipino Recruitment
Skills shortages can impact productivity and slow growth. Filipino recruitment is a proven option for NZ employers, supported through our accredited Philippines recruitment agency partner.
RecruitNZ has a specialist international team managing migrant recruitment, and we often have skilled Filipino candidates ready for roles in New Zealand.
Why recruit from the Philippines?
Working in New Zealand is a dream for many Filipinos, which is why they’re often highly motivated and committed team members.
Filipino workers leave their families behind and focus on their life here in New Zealand for the duration of their contract with your business. They’re mature, skilled workers who show up consistently, work hard, and value the opportunity to build a better future.
If this sounds like the kind of attitude you’d like in your business, contact us to talk through the options.
Employers often recruit multiple workers at once to take advantage of the significant economy of scale in doing so.
How can you be sure that the Filipino worker has the right skills?
RecruitNZ works with an accredited Philippine recruitment agency partner to ensure a thorough, robust interview and selection process.
Once we have your job brief, online interviews are conducted, and then trade testing takes place. A second round of video interviews follows that, in which the NZ employer can participate.
You’ll also have the opportunity to directly interview the candidate with the questions that are important to you. In some cases, employers have travelled to the Philippines to be part of the interview process, especially if they’re recruiting several people. That’s an option, but it’s not necessary.
Why work with an accredited Philippines recruitment agency?
Only accredited agencies may recruit Filipino workers overseas, regulated by the DMW (formerly POEA) and represented locally by the MWO in Wellington. RecruitNZ is DMW/POEA accredited.
The purpose of accreditation is to ensure that the Philippines Government’s strict rules are adhered to. These rules aren’t onerous but have been put in place to prevent Filipino workers from being taken advantage of.
Migrant workers should not pay fees to gain employment in NZ. Our Philippines recruitment agency partner follows these rules, and so do we.
At RecruitNZ, we’re passionate about ethical processes being followed when recruiting skilled migrants. We demonstrate this in practical terms by our approach to settlement support, that is, ensuring that the care of migrant workers meets and exceeds the requirements set by the Philippines Government. After all, your worker has left their family and support system behind to travel by themselves to a foreign country – it’s only appropriate that they are welcomed here and receive support to help them settle in.
How do you recruit from the Philippines?
RecruitNZ and People Inc Group provide end-to-end Filipino recruitment, with one dedicated contact person throughout the process.
How do you recruit from the Philippines?
RecruitNZ and our People Inc Group partners provide a complete end-to-end international recruitment service, with a single contact person throughout the whole process.
Here are the steps involved to hire Filipino workers:
- Consultations: We’ll arrange a consultation with you to ascertain if your business is already accredited with Immigration NZ, and to discuss the role you’re recruiting for.
- Accreditation and recruitment: If your business doesn’t already have employer accreditation with Immigration NZ, our People Inc Group partner, VisaAide, can assist you with this. Accreditation is necessary for all businesses that wish to hire skilled migrants. While that’s underway, we can start the overseas recruitment process as your Filipino employment agency.
- HR documentation: Your documentation needs to meet the needs of both NZ employment law, and Immigration New Zealand. Our People Inc Group partner, ConsultingHQ, will work with you to check your employment agreements and position descriptions meet all the requirements.
- Job checks: These are another necessary part of the process, to prove there are no suitably qualified New Zealanders available to work in the roles you’re recruiting.
5. OEC and AEWV applications: Once you’ve selected the person or team you’d like to recruit, preparations can begin to bring them to New Zealand. For Filipino workers, that includes applying for an Overseas Employer Certificate (OEC) from the Philippines DMW (Department of Migrant Workers). This allows them to legally leave the country for work purposes. At the same time, VisaAide lodges Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) applications. Read more about work visa support.
6. Pastoral care and on-going support: Once your worker has arrived in New Zealand, it’s important to ensure your practices continue to be compliant in terms of HR documentation, as well as renewing your employer accreditation with Immigration New Zealand in a timely way. We’ll also help with providing pastoral care to our Filipino workers in New Zealand.
Do you have skilled Filipino workers who are available now?
As your Philippines recruitment agency, we already have great candidates in many sectors who are waiting to come to New Zealand – or we can hire Filipino workers especially for you.
Find out more about our Filipino workers in New Zealand.
“Our Concrete Company engaged the services of Recruit NZ to help us find some Filipino concrete contractors to join our busy company. We have been extremely happy with the process that Recruit NZ have in place and were fully informed of what was happening the whole way through this journey. It is not a quick process and we could not have done this without a company like Recruit NZ on board to sort out all the legal requirements needed to employ someone from the Philippines. We are also thankful with the ongoing support we have had from Recruit NZ in helping out with the transition for the Filipino guys into our business. We would recommend this process to anyone looking to employ someone from the Philippines as we are more than happy with our 2 new workers. We are now looking to employ a few more candidates in the near future to help us grow our company.”
Jodie Wallen | Wallen Concreting
Do you have questions for our Philippines recruitment agency?
Please contact us for advice and information, we’ll be glad to help you.