Fewer Filipino Nurses Interested To Work In The US?

In a surprising news item from ABS-CBN, Filipino nurses who sought employment in the US were apparently 38% less versus the year before according to LPG Marketers' Association party-list Rep. Arnel Ty 

Citing data from the US National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Ty said only 4,354 Filipino nurses took the NCLEX for the first time during the first 9 months of the year while 84% of the 152,068 US-educated nurses who took the exam within the said period passed the NCLEX.

Is the US labor market for nurses really shrinking?

Data from the Professional Regulation Commission, Ty said 290,000 registered nurses were unemployed as of March 31. The figure, says Ty, does not include the more than 37,000 nursing graduates who passed the July licensure examination.

ABS-CBN article goes on to state that the government is planning to spend P1.686 billion next year to expand the Health Department's Doctors to the Barrio program, which will provide temporary jobs to nurses, Ty said. The expanded program is expected to cover the deployment of 12,000 nurses and 1,000 midwives to underserved communities.

Three Most Popular Online Job Sites

I've often encountered a lot of people looking for job opportunities abroad and I don't blame them. But the first question to ask is, "How do I find jobs abroad?" It's never a good idea to leave the country without a plan or without options/ opportunities in place that would help you start your new life in a new country

Here are a number of online job sites which I have been able to collect over the years. There are some other requirements of course that you'll have to complete on your own.

Of course there are the most popular three local sites in the Philippines

1. JobStreet.com - they have about eight locations and I think they're pretty active here in the Philippines - their locations are all in Asia though. Haven't received feedback on people getting hired outside the Philippines but the local traffic is quite high I hear
   





2. Jobsdb.com is another big local site that supports about twelve countries. The site is available in Asian and Western countries. The website is a lot more complicated but I would think they have a lot more job listings

1. Bestjobs.ph is the only non-paid job site I think. Other job sites have paid versions/ services. There are a number of companies there as well. Interface isn't as sophisticated as previous two though. There are a number of opportunities abroad - like Dubai and the US but not as neatly laid out. Probably because it's free
   

I'm in no way connected to the above mentioned companies and am not getting referral fee or anything like that. This is just my personal option of the most popular online job sites, based only on my personal experience.