Bohol wants BPO in 2011

In a PIA Press Release, Governor Edgar Chatto says Bohol is now ready to accommodate at least 10,500 seats for call center and BPO agents.

I welcome every move of the provinces to develop its potential for BPO, as it will ultimately create more jobs. It will decongest urban areas, instead of the educated workforce coming to Metro Manila to seek jobs, it will be possible for them to create their careers in their own province.

Cebu has made this possible as Cebu’s Asiatown IT Park, the country’s second largest IT industry concentration, currently has around 15,066 BPO employees with an estimated total annual compensation of more than PhP1.4 billion.

A cleaner air, affordable living expenses and easy access to the workplace is what I think are the advantages of the BPOs located in the provinces. Pinoy BPO workers, its time to explore the provinces again this 2011!

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The Philippines is the new India?

For many years now India-based BPO companies have found the Philippines as a favored destination for their expansion. In the past years, IT giants like Infosys has set-up base in Taguig City with more than 1,000 seats and Wipro with 2 sites, Quezon City and Cebu City with combined work force of approximately 1,300.

Now joining the boom is Tech Mahindra, the 5th largest software exporter in India that has a wide variety of services ranging from IT Strategy and Consulting to Systems Integration, Application Development & Maintenance, BPO, Infrastructure Management, Civil Services, Network Transformation Solutions & Services, Value Added Services and Product Engineering. Their first office is at 36th Floor Discovery Suites ADB Avenue Ortigas Center Pasig City.

Also setting foot in the Pinoy BPO scene is Tata Consultancy Services, the information technology services, business solutions, and outsourcing arm of the $72-billion Tata Group of India, now has found home in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.

Pinoy BPO workers can now show what we got by working side by side with the best BPOs in India. May this 2011 year be all the best for us Pinoy BPO workers!

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