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.

Searching for Valuable Information

I've been looking for information on the World Wide Web this morning for my Dad. He was asking me about the rules FIVB released lately about beach volleyball. He's into sports and he is probably going to be one of the referees this coming UAAP season for the beach volleyball event in my university. I looked up premier search engines and only got a few results that dated last year. That was just not enough in my books because I need something more recent.

I'm not bragging about anything but since the famous ones failed me, I used AAfter Web Search Engine instead and I was in for a surprise. Aside from the original document that I needed, there were even a couple things I found out from other web sites it recommended. I saw some local establishments where they could get materials for the court they plan to use so if my Dad enlists my services then I probably know how to set that up. Another good deal for me and my Engineering firm if that materializes. That would be just nice right?!

An Afternoon Delight

Before I slept yesterday, I watched a couple of episodes of the reality show "The real housewives of NYC". They were in their posh surroundings and people as usual. This may not be only for media mileage because there are some conflicts here and there with the main characters. How they resolve their problems in life and their families would be another program I'm sure.

On a lighter note, I watched the premier Dancing with the Stars episode yesterday and it was great. I am rooting for Denise Richards like any of you guys out there that watched her reality show too. Yeah, I know.. even after all that talk and negotiations with Charlie Sheen, the tattoo she got removed from her foot... she's till one beautiful woman any man would want. Her kids are cute too... I hope none of those depressing episodes affect you though. That would just make you frown and cause wrinkles soon.

I hope she wins this season. My bet last season did win too. I kinda got a niche with predicting winners, I wonder where I got that.

I Deserve More!

I've been handling my finances very well these days and my trusty Gold VISA Card was sufficient for what I need regardless of the pricey annual fee it entails. I get lots of perks considering its quite plain these days to have one in this side of the world. With the good credit standing and spending habit that I acquired (by being a great shopaholic), I've accumulated just this past year a larger than life value which I won't mention here for security reasons. I guess I dropped in with large purchases this Christmas season that made me qualify for bigger opportunities. Somebody from their company called me because they plan to actually give me a greater credit limit and waive the annual fee so they can let me in on the platinum one. This just goes to show they rather want to see me spend higher this year than plainly see me spend a couple of thousand pesos annually for the old one. I almost said yes and succumbed to their wishes for me to pay higher rates by next year, but I opted to stay within my means instead. I had no regrets doing that since I'm not planning to get big purchases like I had in the past. I've got lots of bills to pay too so when this would make me tempted to spend for utilities at home I probably would get in trouble. I just hope not!

Although, its these days that I sometimes think about the bigger perks I could have had when I get that higher plan. I remember the legend and existence of a black American Express Card where you could literally get into the most posh clubs anywhere if you flash it. The exclusivity dwindled after a few years though because as much as they wanted to keep it that limited, everybody else was having it already. Today, the market leader just introduced the visa black card. This would probably bury the hatchet and put the nail on the coffin to the genre the black American Express card tried so hard to establish. They even have better perks than the latter in my opinion so most probably; I'll have the Visa Card since that is more accepted in this part of the world. I could probably afford the purchasing power of this card by then and they would waive the annual fee permanently since I'm on a class of my own. It seems I have a lot of things to do. These are the things that inspire me to work harder. I mean hey! The perks should be better for people like me right?!