{"id":4946,"date":"2016-02-15T09:32:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T09:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=4946"},"modified":"2022-11-14T15:57:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T08:57:22","slug":"meet-the-mother-of-the-philippine-bpo-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/meet-the-mother-of-the-philippine-bpo-industry","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Mother of The Philippine BPO Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, there is no doubt that the BPO (business process outsourcing) industry is one of the biggest contributors to the growth the Philippines\u2019 has achieved today<\/strong>. Aside from employing over one million Filipinos in the last 10 years<\/strong><\/a>, it made up 6.9% of the country\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014<\/a><\/strong>, close to beating the 8.5% percent contribution from Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) remittances from the same year.<\/p>\n

It has raked in billions of dollars in foreign investments, and has attracted the biggest BPO companies of the world to set up camp here: Accenture and Transcom, just to name two. Moreover, the Philippines is slated to overtake India<\/a><\/strong>, currently the world\u2019s BPO capital, in the near future.<\/p>\n

Despite the stigma of a headset-donning keyboard-rapping call center agent \u2014 that\u2019s only a fraction<\/em>, by the way, of working in a BPO company, as you will find out soon enough \u2014 you can\u2019t fight the facts: the BPO industry has changed the entire employment landscape of the Philippines, and the way the world sees our country.<\/p>\n

We are used to the fact that business leaders today are dominated by men. We think Bill Gates, not Arianna Huffington; Ramon Ang, not Tessie Coson. So it wouldn’t be a surprise if you imagined that behind the meteoric rise of the BPO industry in the Philippines was a cabal of imposing men in suits and barongs, calling the shots from their throne-like swivel chairs.<\/p>\n

But imagine this, too: among that cabal is a graceful woman, standing no more than five feet tall, wearing a jade pencil dress, a petite blazer, and a string of pearls around her neck. If you had seen her walking around Rockwell with a purse or a clutch bag, you wouldn’t think twice about calling her just another Tita of Manila.<\/p>\n

Meet Karen Batungbacal De Venecia: the mother of the Philippine BPO Industry.<\/p>\n

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