Clark needs more BPO workers

MANILA, Philippines - The information communication technology (ICT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) need more workers to fill up vacancies this year in Clark, the Clark Development Corp. (CDC) announced.

In a statement, CDC said that of the 3,008 job vacancies posted for the various firm inside the freeport, jobs related to the ICT/BPO firms has been ranked number one as the most sector in need to fill-up vacancies during the last quarter of the year.

The report by the Customer Services Department (CSD) showed that of the number vacancies submitted to CSD, some 2,222 workers or 75 percent needed by the ICT/BPO firms in Clark. CSD Manager Rodem Perez to Remollo, ICT/BPO related services include web designers and developers, programmers, technical support operators, Linux and Windows Systems administrators, English online teachers, and call center agents.

The CSD report said both Cyber City Teleservices Inc. and Sutherland Global Services each have vacancies of 500, Nozomi Fortune Services has an opening of 400, Ivonline Contents Center, Inc., is in need of 200 new workers for the firm. Other with significant job openings are Advanpoint, Clark On Line It Hub, Mepcon Phils. Inc, Services Resources, Inc., GFL System Clark Inc., Global Standard English Learning Center, among others.

Far second is the industrial or the semiconductor sector which are in need of 340 or 10.2 percent to be filled up before the end of the year.

Of the firms needed to fill up vacancies are Texas Instruments Clark is in need of 300 personnel before end of the year, while Nanox Phils. Inc., Phoenix Semiconductor Phils. Corp., Poongsan Microtec Phils., Corp., and SMK Electronics (Phils.) Corp. have several openings for this year.

Moreover, there is a noticeable shift in locators’ preferences for applicants who have had college credits at the very least. CSD’s latest report reflects a preference for college level applicants 53 percent or almost 1,600, and college graduates 20 percent or more than 600. In the previous months, job vacancies for high school graduates accounted for more than 50 percent of total workforce requirements for the Clark Freeport.

Perez explained that the shift in locators’ preferences can be attributed to CSD’s continuous advertisement of job vacancies, and broadcast media such as the ‘Jobs Fair on the Air’ at GVFM 99.1, and the twice-annual Jobs Fair that his department coordinates with all stakeholders.

These efforts have allowed labor-intensive sectors to almost fill up their vacancies and they are now in the process of filling up positions for supervisory and managerial positions, Perez reports said.