The Hiring Challenge – How employers of domestic workers in Hong Kong avoid unprofessional agencies.
Channel: Rights Exposure
Date: 31/05/2022

Most employers of domestic workers in Hong Kong protect their families and the person they hire by using professional agencies. Take ‘The Hiring Challenge’ and discover the strategies they use. 

'The Hiring Challenge' is an immersive web experience where you play the role of a soon-to-be parent trying to hire a migrant domestic worker in Hong Kong using an employment agency. Your task? To navigate a series of real-life choices in order to find an agency that provides a professional service, whilst at the same time not exploiting the worker you eventually hire. The task is harder than it sounds. The employment agency sector in Hong Kong has historically been plagued by unscrupulous and illegal practices, drawing both local and international criticism. 

The website was commissioned by the ILO Integrated Programme on Fair Recruitment (FAIR). Rights Exposure is the implementing partner. 

The website is part of the wider work done by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) aimed at raising awareness amongst employers of the exploitation of migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong and providing them with tips on how they can contribute towards positive change. The gamified experience has multiple outcomes and provides the user with recommendations on how they can improve their real-world strategy based on their final score. 

For more information on FAIR please go to:
https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/fair-recruitment/projects/phase2/lang--en/index.htm 

For more information on Rights Exposure please go to:
https://rightsexposure.org