A call center is an office that receives and transmits large volumes of phone requests. Call center agents handle incoming calls for customer service, support, complaints, or outbound calls for marketing, sales, surveys. There are two main types - inbound calls made by customers to the call center, and outbound calls made by agents to customers. The Philippines has become a leader in the global call center industry due to its large English-speaking workforce and competitive costs. The industry has grown significantly, providing jobs for over 160,000 Filipinos by 2006.
4. The Two Type Of Call Inbound calls An inbound call is one that a customer initiates to a call center or contact center. A help desk handles inbound calls as well, although calls may be made from employees rather than customers. A call center may handle either inbound or outbound calls exclusively or might deal with a combination of the two. Inbound Calls include Inquiries, Technical Help, Complaints as well as Customer service and in this situation it is the client who calls the call center agent
6. Common Call Center Recruitment & Training Process this stage determines the voice quality over the phone and how the applicant responds to the call to assess customer service, technical or sales skills. this include attitude tests, computer-based call simulations and emotional quality(EQ)
9. Number of Call Centers in the Philippines According to the Call Center Directory [4] of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), the Philippines now has 785 call centers over 20 key locations.
10. Absorptive capacity is the theoretical maximum level of employment that can be supported by a location’s graduate and labor pools at a given point in time. Briefly, the formula assumes a level of attrition that the suitable and willing graduate and labor force in that location must be able to replace. The chart above shows that the talent pools in all top-10 Next Wave Cities™ (NWCs) of 2008–2009 are theoretically underutilized. That is, these NWCs can potentially support much larger industry operations.
18. Best place for IT-BPO operations outside Metro Manila and Metro Cebu METRO LAGUNA Sources: BPAP, DTI and CICT, 2009
19. CALL CENTERS in Provinces Sources: callcenterdirectory.net Metro Cavite Metro Laguna Iloilo City Davao City Bacolod City Teletech ACS, Inc. Allianz Solution Ascendas Pte Ltd DIGITEL eSYNERGYplus FilWeb Systems Infinite Links INFONXX SunPower TeleTech TransCall Global BrushNetwork Callbox Inc. ECHO Epldtventus GMCI Packet Switch Techno call Teletech Transcom Virtual Assistant Technologies Inc. ADD Force Aegis People Support Bonusfon Buzzfone Concentrix Fil-Can Comm. JMC Worldlink Teleperformance Teletech Transcom
20. CALL CENTERS in Provinces Sources: callcenterdirectory.net Bacolod City Lipa City Pampanga Cagayan de Oro City Teleperformance Teletech Transcom Teletech Advance Contact Solutions Aerospace Products International AOL Member Services Philippines, Inc. Cekor Technologies Group DIGITEL E-telecare Concentrix Technology Link2Support Paramedix Tricom Systems
21. Davao City: More than a million people DAVAO CITY Sources: BPAP, DTI and CICT, 2009
25. Cagayan de Oro City: Most cost-competitive city CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY Sources: BPAP, DTI and CICT, 2009
26. Lipa City: Proven host with potential for growth LIPA CITY Sources: BPAP, DTI and CICT, 2009
27. The Philippines' talent value proposition: Cost competitiveness Sources: BPAP, DTI and CICT, 2009 For life sciences professionals, researchers, and analysts, 20 percent of the Philippines labor pool is considered suitable for global work, higher rates than those of either China or India. In a study by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) in 2004, the Philippines tied with India as the lowest labor-cost provider, with total labor costs roughly equivalent to 12 percent of the cost of equivalent jobs in the US. This labor cost competitiveness persists.
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Editor's Notes
The other name for a call center agents customer service representative(CSR) Attendant, associate operator, account executive or team member. A call center agents take more than 80 phone calls a day. This actually dependent on each call. The average call would last to 3 to 4 minutes.
Absorptive Capacity: Top-10 NWCs have the Potential to Support Large IT-BPO Operations Absorptive capacity is the theoretical maximum level of employment that can be supported by a location’s graduate and labor pools at a given point in time. Briefl y, the formula assumes a level of attrition that the suitable and willing graduate and labor force in that location must be able to replace. The chart below shows that the talent pools in all top-10 Next Wave Cities™ (NWCs) of 2008–2009 are theoretically underutilized. Th at is, these NWCs can potentially support much larger industry operations.
The proportion of the labor force considered suitable for O&O is as high as or higher than that of many other potential O&O destinations in Asia. According to human resources professionals interviewed across 24 countries by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), 30 percent of generalists and 30 percent of finance and accounting professionals in the Philippines are suitable for work in a multinational organization, higher than in other Asian countries such as China, India, or Malaysia. For life sciences professionals, researchers, and analysts, 20 percent of the Philippines labor pool is considered suitable for global work, higher rates than those of either China or India. This high-quality talent pool is also affordable. In a study by the MGI in 2004, the Philippines tied with India as the lowest labor-cost provider, with total labor costs roughly equivalent to 12 percent of the cost of equivalent jobs in the US. This labor cost competitiveness persists. In 2006, the MGI again estimated relative total labor costs and found the Philippines at 16 percent of the US across seven occupation categories, slightly higher than India but lower than the 15 other countries surveyed. Low costs for telecommunications and real estate have also made the Philippines an attractive destination for O&O. The Philippines is viewed as more favorable than China, India, and Malaysia for telecommunications and substantially more attractive than China or India for real estate.