1. OffshoreRecruiting
The Solution to Australia’s Skilled Labour Shortage

2. The Purpose of Offshore
Recruiting:
• To Provide A Good Solution to
Australian Businesses’ shortage of
professional and skilled labor by
recruiting Professional and Highly
Skilled workers from the Philippines

3. Why Should You Hire Workers From
The Philippines?
• 3rd Largest English‐Speaking Nation in the
World (next to the UK and the USA)
• Filipinos are highly sought after worldwide as
professionals and skilled workers
• Strong Work Ethic
• Highly adaptable to different countries,
cultures, and work situations

4. What Are The Benefits of Hiring
Workers from the Philippines?
Adds long‐term value to the client
•
Productivity Gains
•
Significantly reduced attrition rate
•
Absenteeism in existing workforce
•
decreases
• Having a 4‐year commitment to
the employer or sponsor means
having a stable workforce

5. What Kind of Skilled Professionals Are
Available for Recruitment?
Welders Shipwrights
• •
Boilermakers Architects
• •
Machinists Engineers
• •
Carpenters Geologists
• •
Mechanics Metallurgists
• •
Panel Beaters Draftsmen
• •
Spray Painters Accountants
• •

6. How Do We Know If The Filipino
Workers We Hire Are Qualified?
3 Skill Assessment Centers
•
Thorough testing and strict evaluation process
•
Free Training and Development Courses
•
DIAC does own reference checks
•
Filipinos Are Known Worldwide for being
•
skilled, professional, and highly adaptable
workers (11 Million Filipinos Live and Work
outside of the Philippines)

7. Why Should We Use The Services
of Offshore Recruiting?
• 18 Years of Extensive Experience
• Successfully placed Filipino workers
in many workplaces in Australia
• Workers Employed Queensland, New
South Wales, Northern Territory, and
Western Australia

8. Why Should We Use The Services
of Offshore Recruiting?
• Directly Employs Internationally
Qualified Welding Inspector (CSWIP)
• Employs Australian Standard 1796
Certificate #10 Welding Supervisor
• Employs QLD Workplace Health &
Safety Officer

9. Why Should We Use The Services
of Offshore Recruiting?
• OR is A Strategic Partner of
Commerce Queensland – QLD’s
Chamber of Commerce and Industry

10. 3 Steps to a Qualified and Skilled Workforce
Offshore Recruiting follows 3 Simple Steps in providing you with a skilled and qualified workforce.
OSR conducts
OSR coordinates
OSR pools qualified
pre-departure
with
applicants to undergo
seminars and OSR
licensed migration
face to face interviews,
monitors both the
agents and
skills tests, English
employer and
prepares
exams,
employee
for application for
medical checks, and
satisfaction.
sponsorship and
identification or
Visa application.
background checks.
English Proficient
Highly Trained
Qualified Worker
Health and Physical Requirements
Visa Requirements

11. Allegations and Concerns
about Hiring Overseas
Filipino Workers (OFWs) –
And The Truth

12. Are Overseas Workers Exploited?
• ABSOLUTELY NOT.
• They are paid the same as Australian
Workers
• They are subject to the same awards
• They work the same hours
• They work in the same conditions
• All legal papers are in order (457 Visa, etc)

13. Will Australian Workers Lose Their Jobs
to OFWs?
• Australia currently has a 4%
unemployment rate
• In some cases there are more jobs than
there are workers!
• This forces some employers to employ
under‐qualified Australian workers
• Aim is to train Australians whilst utilising
OFWs in short term (4 years)

14. Will the influx of OFWs erode pay and
conditions in Australia?
• Strict Immigration Controls
• Minimum Wage Requirements
Strictly Followed
• 38 Hour Week

15. Will OFWs Bring Diseases into
Australia?
NO. DIAC requires Tuberculosis Checks
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In Addition, We Do Basic Medical Checks
•
Hepatitis A & B checks
•
AIDS Checks
•

16. Is There A Potential For Racial Tension?
• Overseas Filipino workers are welcomed
by the majority of workforces
• Development of friendships between
Australian and Filipino workers as
relationships become established in work
places

17. Conclusion
• Australia needs OFWs to meet economic
demands
• They are Professional, Highly Skilled, and
Committed
• They are not exploited and are not taking
Australian jobs
• Everything is done legally and according to the
law

18. The Bottom Line:
Your business will benefit and you will be
contributing more to Australia’s economy when
you hire committed, professional, and highly
skilled workers from the Philippines through
Offshore Recruiting. You Can Start Now!

19. Terms and Conditions
• The AGENT guarantees that they will replace
(one time only) a worker who is found to have
performed serious form of misconduct that
led to his immediate repatriation back to The
Philippines or for those workers who on his
own accord decided to resign and return to
the Philippines within the probationary period
of the worker. This is provided that the
COMPANY is not at fault and that due process
was strictly observed.

20. • The AGENT does not accept responsibility for
the work performance of the worker if the
worker has been selected by the COMPANY or
its representative, however the AGENT will
replace the worker if the worker is unable to
carry out the duties for which he was
originally recruited by the AGENT within the
first three (3) months of employment. The
AGENT will replace the worker free of charge.

21. • The AGENT shall pay for the airfare of the
worker back to The Philippines where the
worker is declared by the authorized Physician
to be quot;unfit to workquot; overseas or in the
assigned position, immediately upon arrival in
Australia to commence work;

22. Tap the Best Skills
for the Future
Contact Offshore Recruiting Today
www.osrecruiting.com.au
evan@osrecruiting.com.au
Australia
Phone: +61 (7) 3503 6741
Fax: +61 (7) 3161 0565
Mobile: 401 648 846
Perth
Phone: +61 (8) 6430 1825
Philippines
Phone: +63 (2) 910 7920
Fax: +63 (2) 637 4820