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!