Pre-Migration Orientation Seminar is one of the programs of the Department of Migrant Workers (formerly POEA), in partnership with the Local Government Unit thru the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) that aims to provide information to prospective migrants and families on the following modules; Preparing Yourself and Your Family for your Work Overseas, Realities of Working Abroad, Recruitment Process: Selecting Recruitment Agencies and Avoiding Illegal Recruitment, Migration Cost and Financing Migration Cost, Stock Taking of Resources, Financial Planning, Gender Equality and Sharing of Family and Financial Responsibilities in the Family, and Partners in the Road to Successful Migration and Reintegration.

 

Atty. Jeena P. Paclibar-Laceda, OIC-Regional Director, DMW Region V addressed all aspects of the employment procedure, such as selecting legitimate agencies and avoiding dishonest recruiters. Thus, DMW plays an important role in the recruitment and deployment of Filipino workers by ensuring that all foreign job opportunities available to all Filipinos are legitimate in order to protect all applicants and Overseas Filipino Workers from illegal recruiters or employers.