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Jan 6, 2006

Only 3% get call center positions

Alena Mae S. Flores
Manila Standard

FEWER than three of every 100 new college graduates are hired in call centers and other business process outsourcing (BPO) companies every year due to their failure to pass competitive qualifying exams.

Industry data showed that of the 400,000 new graduates who look for work annually, only 11,526 or 2.89 percent are accepted in BPO companies and call centers.

This has raised concern that the Philippines will be unable to sustain the growth of…

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