Legazpi vows to produce more talents for BPO industry By Danny O. Calleja

LEGAZPI CITY, April 17 (PNA) --- This city will live to its standing as a “feeder” of highly qualified manpower to the country’s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.
“At the height of shortage in talent that is confronting the industry in the Philippines, the city government is coming up with measures to improve its current pool of talents,” City Mayor Geraldine Rosal on Wednesday said.  Read more

Up, up and away goes BPO sector

AS the Philippines is engaged in fierce competition from India to be the country of first choice in the booming and lucrative business process outsourcing (BPO) business, its prospects to be the global leader got a further boost with the decision of an Australian based insurance group to setup a back office at The Fort in Taguig City, that is fast becoming a desirable information technology (IT) location.  Read more

Ayala Land buys out BPO partner

Property giant Ayala Land Inc. has bought out its partner in some of its BPO (business process outsourcing) office leasing business for P3.52 billion.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, ALI chief finance officer Jaime Ysmael said the firm has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Global Technologies International Limited. Read more

Growth of BPO industry makes Pinoy IT experts return–group

IF for the last 20 years, the government was worried about the mass departure of Filipino professionals for more lucrative jobs abroad, the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) said growth in the information technology and business-process outsourcing (IT-BPO) has reversed the trend with the rising number of Filipino IT experts returning to the country after working overseas.  Read more

ALI buys out BPO property partner

Ayala Land, Inc., said it is acquiring the stake of its partner in a unit that holds a portfolio of business process outsourcing (BPO) properties in Makati, Quezon City, and Laguna.
The company in a regulatory filing said it has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Global Technologies International Limited (GITL) to acquire the latter’s 32 percent stake in ALI Property Partners Co., (APPCo) for P3.52 billion.  Read more

Join us at the Philippine Daily Inquirer Job Market Career Expo 2013!

BPOCareerHub.com, in partnership with Philippine Daily Inquirer, invites you to PDI Job Market Career Expo 2013, April 17-18, 2013, 10AM to 6PM at Glorietta Activity Center.  Read more

BPO firm bullish on Phl, eyes 35% hike in workforce

MANILA, Philippines - Transcom Philippines, a unit of Luxemburg-based Transcom Worldwide S.A., is bullish about the prospects of the local information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry and is set to increase its workforce by 35 percent.  Read more