A recruitment agency in Singapore, MCI Group of Companies, responded to allegations by online netizens that their job listing is a scam, in a statement on Facebook.
MCI’s statement
MCI has received multiple queries from members of the public and other news/media agencies regarding the Facebook post made by Shin Min Daily News on August 16, 2022 as attached.
We understand that there have been recent news coverages on human trafficking scams in which job applicants were offered high wages for various positions overseas through social media job postings, only to have their passports seized by human trafficking ring operators upon their arrival.
However, we do not know why Shin Min Daily News has used MCI’s authentic job posting without any context or consent in this Facebook post. We have reached out to Shin Min Daily News for more information.
In the meantime, MCI would like to make the following clarifications:
1. MCI Career Services is a recruitment agency headquartered in Singapore. Our services include local and foreign recruitment, and also provides other HR-related solutions for our clients. Due to the nature of our business, we organize recruitment drives overseas frequently to bring in the right talents for our clients.
2. The photo attached in the post by Shin Min Daily News is an authentic job advertisement made by MCI. This is a paid job advertisement published on The China Press Berhad, a Malaysian Newspaper for the purpose of our overseas recruitment drive in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, that will be held this coming Friday, on 19 August 2022. We have made arrangements for interested job applicants to attend a walk-in interview at the exhibition hall in Holiday Inn Hotel, Emerald Level 10, Johor Bahru.
3. In regards to the job position advertised, the working location is at Changi Airport, however we would like to clarify that our client (who shall not be named) is not Changi Airport Group. For more clarifications on the job position in particular, please reach out to Vinni, the recruitment consultant in charge, at [email protected] or +65 8891 6760.
We hope that these clarifications will resolve any other misunderstandings the public might have regarding this Facebook post made by Shin Min Daily News.
For other general enquiries, please reach out to [email protected].
