philippine call centers

Someone sent me a link to this old article from Manila Standard Today about me recent article on call center jobs in the Philippines. The article mentioned that only around 3 out of 100 fresh graduates in the country are hired by call centers. The survey must have been done in 2005, where only 11,526 applicants or 2.89 percent of the total 400,000 new graduates are accepted in BPO companies and call centers. I really think these call centers should lower their passing requirements and use those tons and tons of money they saved from outsourcing and invest on training new (and semi-qualified) hirees. [tags]call center philippines, business process outsourcing[/tags] I'm seeing a lot of reports, news and all raves about the Philippines being the center of attention for the call center industry (or is that contact center?). I saw in TV that GMA was also there to thank Michael Dell for choosing the Philippines as its location for the call center facility. Read more in our articles including "Only 3 of every 100 graduates pass Call Center jobs" and "Is the Philippines really hot with Call Centers?".