90 Thousand Jobs in BPO

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It never seems to be affecting the Philippines at all because there are at least 90,000 jobs that are up for grabs in Business Process Outsourcing. This is also the industry that I’m in and I’m proud of it!

Upto 90 thousand jobs are possibly going to be created in the call center industry just this year. This has been pronounced by Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) Chairman Rey Anthony Roxas Chua in the cabinet meeting that was held in Clark Field Pampanga.

Chua said that the Philippines is second to India in the market share for voice and non-voice services since 2007, but the Philippines has the distinction to be the Best IT destination in the world.

The continuing work offered and being delivered in the call center industry in the face of the global financial crisis is proof of this and it is North America that still gets the services of our market in the Manila and Cebu Area which are called cyber corridors. Laguna, Cavite, Iloilo, Davao, Bacolod, Pampanga including Clark, Bulacan, Cagayan de Oro and Lipa, Batangas are now emerging cities too for this industry.

StarTek Invests $10M in the Philippines

There's a new call center in town and with the economic pressures in the US and around the world its wonderful to hear that the Philippines seems oblivious to problems because investments like these are still coming. StarTek Inc. is putting up a 10 million dollar facility to seat about 1,000 people for their new call center which is the first facility outside of North America.

StarTek initially had only 400 seats and plan to expand by the end of the year with new branches within Metro Manila and nearby provinces. They are also eying Cebu City to be their branch number 2 since they needed to go out of Makati where manpower seems to be too high of a demand because they also have other call centers nearby. They should have at least tried Eastwood City first since there are some who are bankrupt but kept on operating under a different name. If you are from this place you know who I am referring to. They should pay off their debt and give separation pay to all their employees though before they seek another job elsewhere. Good thing StarTek doesn't have that much horror stories to tell. Good luck!