Automotive recruitment is a programme, not a vacancy: the same test for 150 operators, waves that match the SOP curve, team leaders in every wave, and a country rule that decides which lines can come at all. This is how an OEM plant or a Tier 1 supplier runs it with us.
Which automotive roles can come depends on the country. Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Lithuania and Croatia sponsor assembly and production operators on national permits; Germany and Austria sponsor qualified trades only — mechatronics, machinists, welders, maintenance electricians, vehicle mechanics — through the experience, recognition or shortage-occupation routes; Flanders and the Netherlands do not admit low-skilled production roles; Australia sponsors motor and diesel mechanics and trades on the Core Skills list, operators only under a DAMA; the Gulf sponsors the full mix. We map every line of a plant brief to that rule before quoting.
Toyota Motor Philippines and Mitsubishi Motors assemble in Santa Rosa, Laguna, on the Toyota Production System; the wiring-harness industry — the country's largest automotive-parts export — employs tens of thousands of assemblers working to drawing and continuity test for Japanese and European OEMs; the components, electronics and semiconductor zones of Laguna, Batangas and Cebu add operators with IATF-style quality routine. After-sales technicians come from the dealer networks of the Japanese and Korean brands with TESDA Automotive Servicing NC II–IV.
Recruitment runs through our own DMW-licensed agency, Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc. in Makati (licence DMW-027-LB-11182024): your company is accredited at the Migrant Workers Office for the destination, the job order is registered with the DMW, and every worker leaves Manila with a verified contract, medical clearance, pre-departure orientation and an Overseas Employment Certificate. The Philippine ban on direct hiring applies; the employer is always your company, directly.
Everything here is subject to the permit, qualification and licensing requirements of the destination country.
Two to four weeks to the first tested shortlist; first wave on site in three to five months in Central Europe, faster in the Gulf; Germany and Austria are six to nine months per worker because every role needs a qualification route.
Yes — the same programme at smaller scale; see the supplier workforce guide.
Yes — on site or live by video; many plants bring their own station test.
General information for employers, not legal or migration advice. Rules change; we re-verify before each hire.