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Call to give fee for speeding up JITCO
KATHMANDU, JUN 26 -
Foreign employment agencies have underscored the need for fixing commission for Japanese recruiting agencies in order to speed up the process of sending Nepali trainee workers under the Japan International Training Cooperation Organisation (JITCO) programme.
JITCO and Nepal Embassy in Japan could work to fix a certain percentage of commission to agencies that outsource Nepali trainee workers and the commission amount should be deducted from the workers’ salary, according to Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies (NAFEA).
Normally, there are two ways of sending trainee workers to Japan. The first is through the direct way, wherein employing companies in Japan directly hire industrial trainee workers. The second is through the Japanese recruiting agencies that hire workers as per the need of Japanese firms and source them out to the companies.
“We found that the rate of hiring trainee workers by Japanese firms directly is very low compared to that of outsourcing,” said Kumud Khanal, general secretary of NAFEA. “If the provision of certain commission is introduced, it could be a pulling factor to divert Japanese recruiting agencies’ attention from China to Nepal.”
In a bid to reduce dependence on China, Japan has also put Nepal, Bangladesh and Mongolia as its prioritised sources of labour destinations. China being a major worker supplier sends around 50,000 workers annually to Japan. The number is around 80 percent of total annual work force demand in Japan, say manpower agencies.
“Japanese recruiting agencies that supply workers to Japanese firms charge 10,000 euro per person commission from Chinese workers,” said Khanal, who is all set to send 26 trainee workers to Advance Association, an outsourcing agency in Japan. “However, when recruiting from Nepal there is no provision of commission for them. This is a major factor behind the lean Japanese demand for Nepali workers.”
Ineffective marketing on the part of Nepali manpower agencies, no invitation from Japanese firms, little visa approval for Nepali agents, costly marketing process and negligence of the Nepali Embassy in Japan are some of the major problems that the Nepali manpower agencies face to supply labour under the JITCO programme, say manpower agencies. “The Nepali Embassy in Japan should be active regarding the JITCO programme,” said Masaki Ban, president of Advance Association, who is currently in Nepal to interview JITCO aspirants. He said that there are good opportunities in the agricultural rather than in the construction sector for Nepali trainees.
Posted on: 2010-06-27 08:11
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