1. APPLICANTS or MANPOWER POOLING
API undertakes its applicants pooling through various avenues. Aside from investing on advertisements through the media and internet, the staffing coordinators and utilize campus recruitment, job fairs, and head hunting in professional association to source qualified applicants. It also has a data base file of professionals in various fields such as
1.1 THE SCREENING PROCESS
Recognizing the importance of thorough pre-employment process, API is methodical in its pursuit of the right candidate for each job openings. Aptitude testing, technical interviews and evaluation of applicant's skills and experienced are conducted.
Trade and Testing:
On occasions, depending on needs API arranges training and trade testing of applicants. Likewise, with documents and other credentials are required to be submitted such as licenses to practice profession or trade (e.g. License from the Professional Regulation Commission in cases of engineers, architects and the like, trade test certificates for skilled / semi-skilled worker, etc.) and pertinent employment certifications to identify length of professional or trade practice and to revalidate the qualifications, competencies and skills the applicants possess.
Reference and Background Checks:References checked to ascertain the applicant's background and previous work record.
1.2 THE MATCHING PROCESS
Based on the applicant's qualifications and experience, API conducts job search to find Job Orders which match and fit companies' requirements. Initially, the resumes of qualified applicants for the position are sent to the would-be-employers. The interested company will then make a selection of the applicants to be granted interviews, which are conducted personally or through the telephone. Prior to the referral, it is understandable that the applicants referred by the company were already screened and reference checked by the agency thus relieving the would-be-employer of unnecessary burden of checking on the skills and background of the applicants.
Sourcing the Right Candidate.As we live by our Mission…
Advertisement through leading newspapers, tie- up with different training institutions, companies and link up with different web job sites are what constitute the main strategic recruitment approach. Once a manpower mobilization request from the employer reaches the agency, it automatically searches in our pool of Data Bank and different sourcing approach.
Tocomplement these methods of recruitment, we maintain hardworking and trusted referrers to look for applicants even in the far-flung remote areas of the different provinces of the country.
Comprehensive Interviews.A series of interviews conducted to comprehensively screen the applicants. The preliminary interview determines the truthfulness of credentials or records of performance of applicants. These interviews focuses on the behavioral/attitudinal dimension of work experience of the applicants since we firmly believe that personal values and appropriate work attitudes must complement the skill/competence of any worker for him to fully deliver and perform. After which, the technical interview follows concentrating on the expertise of the applicants - their ability to perform the job.
The final interview is then conducted to discuss details about the job and the terms and conditions of the employment. These interviews also confirm the information gathered during the first two phases of the comprehensive interviews.
With this kind of screening process, only the best men in the field are taken in for final selection of the employer/principal.
Also, for the applicants to be marked COMPETENT, trade testing, and training are resorted under the auspices of government-accredited trade testing and training centers. Likewise, documents and other credentials are required to be submitted that includes clearances from the government security agencies (e.g. National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police) to determine criminal liabilities, if any; licenses to practice profession or trade (e.g. License from the Professional Regulation Commission in cases of engineers, architects and the like, driver's license, trade test certificates for skilled / semi-skilled worker, etc.); employment certifications to identify length of professional or trade practice; and other pertinent documents or records.
2. PLACEMENT SERVICES
API offers an alternative staffing solution to clients companies who want to avoid the tedious process of pre-employment activities. The permanent placement services can relieve client companies the unnecessary time and money invested in hiring personnel such as cost of advertisement, testing cost, and time spent on interviewing unqualified applicants.
Contract/Project Based Placement:
This type of placement can provide client companies with greater flexibility by employing the candidate applicants for a specified project on a specified period of time. API offers prompt assistance to clients in finding highly qualified candidate applicants for specific projects or time bounded work assignments.
Health Care Placement:
The Philippines has always been a reliable source of highly qualified healthcare professionals, particularly registered nurses, nursing aid and caregivers. Over the last ten years, the Philippines have successfully deployed thousands of qualified healthcare professionals to the USA, Canada, Europe and Middle East. API together with MMS Development Training Center Corporation is one of an elite group of Philippine licensed agencies and training centers which offers professionalized healthcare staffing services. We employ healthcare practitioners who are in-charge of ascertaining the technical qualifications of our candidates. We have in our TEAM experienced documentation specialists who ensure the on-time deployment of candidates.
Review and Training Programs:
Extensive Review and Training Programs - In partnership with reputable review and training centers, API offers comprehensive review programs for healthcare professionals and other skilled positions prior deployment to healthcare in the USA and Canada.
Through ourpartnership with MMS Development Training Center, we ensure on-time placement of applicants through constant monitoring and specialized diagnostic testing and assessment, not to mention the personalized review approach by well known clinical and technical reviewers and instructors.
3. DOCUMENTATION SERVICES
Securing and fulfilling government and host country labor and immigration requirements.API provides assistance in fulfilling government requirements (Foreign government and applicants’ country of origin government) prior to deployment that includes clearances from the government security agencies to determine criminal liabilities.
Comprehensive and reliable medical and physical examinations.API ensures physical and mental fitness of the applicants’ workers to be deployed. This examination is undertaken by each of the applicant. Medical/Physical examinations are conducted by government-certified and accredited medical clinics.
Pre- departure Orientation Seminar.It is wherein the worker will have to undergo a comprehensive briefing on the working and living condition, customs and tradition, laws and regulations of the host country.
ON SITE SERVICES
In order to better serve our valued clients, it is API effort to appoint an official representative in each country wherein they are deploying number of workers. Various forms of assistance and coordination will be undertaken by API Site Personnel as to ease the burden of human resource staffing problems of our clients hence, smooth business relations between API and the principal will be undertaken. The highlights of these services were already discussed on our responsibilities.
Our Concluding Words . . .
Every recruitment campaign that we undertake for any of our international clients is designed to meet and fulfill the specific demands of our clients.
All candidates that we present for client selection are pre-qualified to ensure that they meet not only the skills and experience requirements of the hiring company.
We present candidates of varying deployment timeline. In coordination with the hiring company, we map out a recruiting and deployment timeline that would ensure that we meet not only the short-term, immediate needs of our clients, but also their long-term needs in years to come.
We take a look at every opportunity to serve our clients' needs as long-term business partnership, not a one-stop-gap measure campaign.