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The contact center industry in the Philippines has skyrocketed in growth over the last few years. The Philippines now holds up to 18% of the global Information Technology-Business Process Management (IT-BPM) market which totals USD$81–83 billion.
In May 2019, the Philippine House of Representatives passed a bill that mandates government offices as well as corporations to fill a specific percent of all job openings with qualified Persons with Disability (PWDs).
Early this year, the Republic Act No. 11165 or the Telecommuting Act was approved. There are a number of benefits for both employers and employees in implementing this policy.
Work hours in the Philippines have increased from 2018 from 40.6 hours per week to 43.2 hours per week in 2019. Despite the increase, Filipinos are actually looking to work more.
President Duterte signed some P300 Billion worth of business agreements at the sidelines of Nikkei’s 25th International Conference on The Future of Asia, held in Japan last May 30 to 31. Ramon Lopez said, “The Department of Trade and Industry is consistently pursuing investments from all countries to provide decent employment opportunities to Filipinos." Read for more.
The Recruitday Scouts network is a way for anyone to earn cash and rewards by referring jobs to friends. Lately, Recruitday launched the Recruitday Scout app to make referrals easier. The Recruitday Scout app is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Transcom Worldwide Philippines has more than 200 positions open for Technical Support Representatives in their Mandaluyong office. They are offering P10,000 reward for each successful referral via the Recruitday Scouts.