“The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) released a list of local jobs that lack skilled workers and said it is considering the possibility of offering them to foreigners,” reports ANC.
Among the jobs that made it to the shortage list are the following: architects, chemical engineers, chemists, geologists, licensed librarians, medical technologists, pilots, and aircraft mechanics.
The report said that while the Philippine Constitution restricts the entry of foreign professionals in the country, DOLE suggests that the government should come up with a policy to promote “brain gain.”
