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YugaTech IT Job Search

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 16 replies

posted: November 25th, 2009

It’s finally here — a dedicated job search for the IT people. YugaTech and JobStreet have been closely working on this project for some time now and I’m glad to announce our IT Jobs Section.

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Poll: JobStreet vs. JobsDB

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 79 replies

posted: June 1st, 2009

Haven’t been to any job site in over 4 years now so the last time I had a discussion about them, I was a bit clueless of their current status. I thought maybe I can just ask my readers here what they think of the top two.

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Dells sells Pasay operations to Teleperformance

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 33 replies

posted: March 23rd, 2009

I blogged about this last April 2008 from a tip given to me and though there was no solid evidence then, it turned out to be partially true. Dell Philippines has sold its call center at Mall of Asia, Pasay City to Teleperformance.

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Top IT Companies based on Employee Salaries

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 236 replies

posted: March 2nd, 2009

GigaOm ran a quick report on the top tech companies is the US based on the average salaries they gave their engineers/developers and Google came out on top. I wonder which tech companies in the Philippines would be on the top 10 if we had the same salary information.

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Nokia offering Voluntary Resignation Packages

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 9 replies

posted: February 25th, 2009

Only for the first 1,000 Nokia employees — the Finnish company is offering voluntary resignation packages to about 1,000 of its employees globally including encouraging them to go on sabbaticals in an effort to reduce more cost.

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HP employees to get pay cuts

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 16 replies

posted: February 23rd, 2009

Instead of laying off people during the crisis, HP decided to just cut pay on all executives and employees. In a letter to employees last Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd announced it’s going to make some salary adjustments across the board.

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Execs resign as Inquirer.net folds back to PDI

Published by: yuga under: Careers , The Internet. 42 replies

posted: February 20th, 2009

Based on accounts from several reliable sources, the operations of online publication Inquirer.net will be folding back and joining the Philippine Daily Inquirer publication anytime now.

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KGB Philippines lays off 600+ agents

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 511 replies

posted: February 12th, 2009

A source from inside KGB Philippines sent a tip about the latest mass lay off of agents in KGB Philippine’s Sta. Rosa contact center. The head count — 600 and growing.

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Intel closes Malaysia, Philippines, Oregon & California Operations

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 24 replies

posted: January 22nd, 2009

Got the official statement from Intel Corporation today and it turns out bigger than we originally expected and involves around 5,000 to 6,000 employees worldwide, including 1,800 in the Philippines. Copy of the full disclosure below:

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Epixtar Philippines closes, sheds 650 agents

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 99 replies

posted: January 22nd, 2009

In an SMS correspondence with a former Epixtar employee, it was revealed that the BPO company has closed its offices in Eastwood City, Libis last January 16 leaving employees confused and anxious for answers.

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Accenture Manila cuts hundreds of jobs

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 78 replies

posted: January 16th, 2009

I got a call last night from a media researcher (for an investigative TV program) asking me about my take on the recent series of layoffs in the local BPO sector. They wanted to know if I think the job cuts were  related to the global financial crisis.

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Google sheds some fat — up to 10,000 people

Published by: yuga under: Careers , Gooooogle. 7 replies

posted: November 26th, 2008

All these time that competing company Yahoo has been announcing layoffs after layoffs, no new has beens heard about Google’s status and its roster of employees. Maybe they’re not affected by the financial crisis as much as the rest.

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Obama and the Call Center Industry

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 22 replies

posted: November 17th, 2008

Since the election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States, much talk has been going around about his policies and stand on outsourcing among call center employees. My discussions with several people working in the BPO and contact center companies have been mixed.

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Accenture makes belt-tightening moves

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 19 replies

posted: November 12th, 2008

According to a source from the inside, Accenture has been doing some belt-tightening rounds lately especially in their solutions division.

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Tech Job Cuts: Heads start Rolling

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 15 replies

posted: November 1st, 2008

You know the tech industry is already affected by this credit crunch is when they all start announcing job cuts or lay-offs.

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Growth in Philippine Call Centers jacked up by global crisis?

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 27 replies

posted: October 12th, 2008

Turns out the credit crisis and the recession in the United States had some unwittingly beneficial effect in the BPO and call center industry in the Philippines. I would have expected job cuts around this time but it seems there’s some massive expansion going on.

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Looking for Gadget Blogger

Published by: yuga under: Careers , Problogging. 8 replies

posted: July 19th, 2008

If you’re a tech blogger or a gadget lover, you might be interested with this new problogger job. I’ve been requested to look for a new blogger for a popular tech blog to complement the existing line of writers, with specialty in gadgets & gizmos. Fixed monthly pay. Email me at abeolandres {at} gmail.com if you’re interested with 2 short but original samples of a gadget review.

Intel likely to move fab to Cabuyao, Laguna

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 14 replies

posted: July 11th, 2008

When the rumor that Intel Philippines was facing an impending closure in April this year, the company corrected this — saying that it’s weighing its options and could transfer its plant somewhere else. June has past and Intel officials have not released anything. I’ve sent out interview questions in the hopes of getting some updates.

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Infonxx renamed to KGB

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 32 replies

posted: May 22nd, 2008

Philippine call center company Infonxx recently renamed itself as KGB Philippines. The new name is not an acronym but if you think it sounds familiar, you’re right. They got their new name from that defunct Russian security agency.

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Which Programming Skills are Obsolete?

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 45 replies

posted: March 3rd, 2008

A friend of a friend recently moved into the big city from down south. The guy used to work for a local government office in the province as a programmer of sorts. I was sought to help out the guy get a job and I asked him his programming skill sets.

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