OFW DIGITAL INFORMATION NETWORK

OFW DIGITAL INFORMATION NETWORK Together with my partner Ferdz Sabado who is a Microsoft certified software programmer, I am developing an OFW Digital Information Network (ODIN) project. Unlike other job information sites wherein the job applicants will be the one to search, ODIN will be a site where recruitment agencies will be the ones who will search for qualified candidates for overseas jobs. To be clear, Ferdz and I are not in the recruitment business, therefore we do not need a recruitment license. Instead, we are in the information business. Ferdz and I both agree that we will be providing a much needed service not only to the recruitment agencies, but also to the job applicants themselves. That is so, because the recruitment agencies could save a lot of money by not spending money on their "help wanted" advertising placement. On the other hand, the job applicants need not spend too much money anymore just to go around applying at each and every agency. For that matter, they could just apply online, and that means they do not have to travel to Metro Manila if they live in the provinces. As much as possible, Ferdz and I will also try our best to screen the participating recruitment agencies, in order to weed out those who are illegal, and those who have negative records. In line with that, we will also install a feedback mechanism, so that job applicants can rate the service quality of the recruitment agencies, in a way similar to the rating system of Grab and AirBnB. Aside from that, Ferdz and I will also include an artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will help the recruitment agencies in selecting the most qualified candidates, based on available data. Conversely, it will also help the job applicants to choose the most reliable recruitment agencies, also based on available data. We believe that ODIN will be the first AI driven job matching platform in the Philippines. IKE SENERES/06-18-2024