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Why employers keep coming back to Nepali workers

The reasons employers give are practical rather than sentimental. A Nepali workforce is accustomed to long, regulated shifts, a documented attendance culture, and the trade habits of hospitality, construction, manufacturing and the service sector. Those three sectors take most of the demand that Nepali employers are asked to fill, and they are the sectors where the published vacancy lists are deepest.

As of this page’s last update the Department of Foreign Employment vacancy list carried 1155 live lots across 11 destinations. The largest destination lists are:

• UAE – 507 live lots
• Qatar – 184 live lots
• Kuwait – 129 live lots
• Malaysia – 120 live lots
• Bahrain – 70 live lots
• Saudi Arabia – 58 live lots
• Oman – 47 live lots
• Cyprus – 24 live lots

Because the list is public and it is published with the employer, the wage, the quota and the closing date, an employer can see the whole market before deciding whether to recruit. That transparency is the practical advantage of working with a licensed agency: the demand is real, the wage is stated, and the paperwork is handled by a party that is accountable to the government of Nepal.

What a licensed agency removes from the employer’s workload

Recruiting from outside Nepal is a regulated process with a fixed sequence, and each step belongs to somebody who must be accountable for it.

• Demand attestation. The demand is raised with the destination labour authority and certified by Nepal, which is what the visa file needs.
• Candidate screening. Experience, trade fit, medical fitness and document readiness are checked before a candidate is put forward, so the employer is not the first to find a gap.
• Contract terms. The wage, hours, accommodation and leave are written into a contract the candidate signs and the agency holds a copy of.
• Visa and deployment. The medical, the skills certification, the visa and the travel are sequenced so the candidate does not arrive in the destination without the right to work there.
• Aftercare. The agency remains the contact point for the destination employer while the worker is abroad.

How to compare agencies before you commit

Ask any agency you are considering for the licence number, then check it. A registered agency should give you its DoFE licence number without hesitation, and you should be able to verify that the agency is the one named on the vacancy you are hiring against. You should also be able to see the wage in the contract before signing, the accommodation terms, and who pays what.

Mount Everest International Overseas Pvt. Ltd. publishes its DoFE licence as 1481/074/75 and lists live vacancies with the employer, the wage and the closing date on the current vacancy list. Candidates who want a standard CV can use the free CV maker, and employers can send a demand through the employer request form.