Call Center job opportunities serves as saving grace for displaced Filipino employees.The local Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) industry is expected to grow this year by as much as 25% despite global economic downturn. Philippines is no exception from many technological Industry plants which were affected by decline in net income, Last Week, the Intel Technology Philippines, Inc., world largest computer chip maker announced its plan to close down five of its plants around the world including one in the Philippines located in Cavite. This would largely affect the 1,800 of its employees.
According to the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPA/P), the local BPO sector is gearing to hire 100,000 people, that will make up to around 600,000 workforce needed this year. It is open to all applicants coming from displaced employees of semi-conductors firms, provided they passed the skilled test in order to be qualified for the job.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Call Center-booming job opportunities for Filipinos
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4 comments:
That's great news!
But how come the reverse seems to be happening at the moment? Call Center Hiring has seized (although it was a little overdone especially last year). Current Call Center operations are toning down. And with the business climate in the US on the down trend, thing sre looking gloomier by the month.
Hi Barako Brew,
I got my data from recently released news by GMA news. Here is the link:
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/145704/BPO-industry-ready-to-take-in-retrenched-electronics-workers.
It is true indeed, that there is a boom in call center hiring. In fact my niece has just applied for the job in 3 different companies. She has passed the interview and was taken in. But she has to choose only one and she opted for part-time job, the other two is full-time and one is for graveyard shift.
The Call Center business is also affected by the global recession. My eldest son was laid off because one of the biggest client of their firm located inside the ABS-CBN compound lost their biggest American credit card client. He was later on reassigned at the Fort and he resigned because of the location which is very far from our residence in Bulacan. He is now applying at another call center firm. Thanks for the post. God bless you always.
Hi Mel,
Definitely, during this global economic recession, some businesses could possibly hit, but let's focus on the simple adage " When one window is closed the other window opens". Due to recession in U.S. other firms consider now of transferring their outsourcing business off-shore where there is low-labor costs with intensive English language-skilled manpower and that includes the Philippines. Overall the call center job opportunities in the Philippines maintains a high- growing rate.
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