Recruitment Agencies in Sri Lanka
The recruitment for employment overseas in Sri Lanka is handled by the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency (Pvt) Ltd., a subsidiary of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), and many other private sector recruitment agencies. The credentials of these agencies have been carefully scrutinized, approved and processed by the SLBFE which regulates the business of foreign employment in Sri Lanka.
Recruitment Agencies in Sri Lanka are reliable, highly competent organizations that maintain cordial relationships with their principals and conduct business at high levels of efficiency. All these Licensed Foreign Employment Agencies are members of the Association of Licensed Foreign Employment Agencies (ALFEA) and are subjected to supervision by the SLBFE which monitors their activities at all times.
Recruitment Services of Agencies
All prospective job applicants are carefully interviewed to verify their suitability for the job and to determine compliance with the employer’s requirements. Trade tests are conducted (on request) by independent organizations who have been pre-selected for their competence to conduct such tests and issue acceptable certificates.
Prospective candidates are then subjected to a medical examination to determine their physical and mental fitness and a background check on their character is also done by the Sri Lanka Police. Assistance is given to obtain passports, visas and tickets to enable the successful candidates to be ready for departure without any undue delay.
What is a Job Order?
A job order is a set of documents by which a request is made by a foreign employer/agency to recruit Sri Lankan workers through a particular Sri Lankan licensed foreign employment agency.
Services Provided by the Labor Section of the Mission
- Authentication of Job Orders for Non Domestic /Domestic sector workers Foreign Agency /Foreign Company to Sri Lanka Agency
- Submission of authenticated job orders by the Sri Lanka Missions Overseas to the First Approval Division of the SLBFE
- Authentication of individual employment contract
- Direct recruitment of Sri Lankan workers through employers
- Authentication of employment contracts for Domestic sector workers