Private sector aims for Cebu to improve Tholons ranking
By Ehda Dagooc | February 1, 2016 - 9:00am
Industry players in the Information Technology sector are bent on pushing Cebu to eventually land on the top spot of the global list of preferred outsourcing destinations.
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BSP tightens rules on bank outsourcing
By Lawrence Agcaoili | January 20, 2016 - 9:00am
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has further strengthened the guidelines on outsourcing for Philippine banks as well as non-bank financial institutions.
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Attrition rate in BPO firms slowing down
By Ehda Dagooc | January 4, 2016 - 9:00am
The attrition rate in Cebu’s outsourcing industry is going on a downward trend as more workers have learned to love the kind of work they are in.
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IT-BPO sector expects 15% to 18% expansion in 2016
By Ehda Dagooc | December 31, 2015 - 9:00am
Cebu's Information Technology-Business Process Outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry expects to see at least 15 percent to 18 percent expansion in the year 2016, anchoring its confidence on Cebu's ample supply of talen...
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BPO sector told to shift to high-value services
By Carlo S. Lorenciana | September 25, 2015 - 10:00am
An economist urged the Philippine business process outsourcing (BPO) industry to increase productivity by shifting to high-value outsourcing services.
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DTI to assist BPO workers with entry documentations
By Ehda Dagooc | August 20, 2015 - 10:00am
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-7) offers to assist newly-hired employees of business process outsourcing companies with their entry requirements.
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What Else can you offer? Tholons reminds Phl not to sit on its laurels
By Ehda Dagooc | June 5, 2014 - 12:00am
Although the Philippines, specifically Cebu and Manila, consistently hold prominent places in the world's top 100 outsourcing destinations, a Tholons executive warned the country not to be complacent as other cities...
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English speaking skills place Phl ahead in BPO
By Carlo S. Loreciana | June 5, 2014 - 12:00am
The innate ability of most Filipinos, either those living in rural or urban areas, to speak English fluently is enough to say that the Philippines has a big advantage in the outsourcing industry, a BPO official...
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Impact sourcing boosts job opportunities in rural areas
By Carlo Lorenciana | June 4, 2014 - 12:00am
The global population in need of employment is increasingly growing and generally those people living in rural low-income parts of the world are mostly the ones prohibited from traditional employment.
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Gov’t brings outsourcing prospects to the suburbs
By Ehda Dagooc | May 30, 2014 - 12:00am
At least 10 sub-urban areas in the Philippines will benefit from the new "Rural Impact Sourcing," currently promoted by the government to spread the economic gains from the outsourcing industry.
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