The Department of Labor and Employment in Western Visayas is eyeing a partnership with the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and the province of Negros Occidental to address the 2,000 vacancies for business processing outsourcing companies, in Bacolod City, OIC-DOLE regional director Crispin Dannug Jr., said yesterday.

Dannug said they need to assist students to get jobs and they can do this by providing pre-employment training in language and diction courses.

There is a great demand for call center jobs and that DOLE has started meeting call center managers on how to fill the vacancies, he said. They want to hire those who really meet the standards and qualifications of the companies, Dannug said.

He also said that BPO companies are concerned about language competency and interpersonal communication skills as there are part of their standard operating procedure. They need to focus on these opportunities to fill the vacancies as it is immediate, he said.

DOLE has to meet with the managers of BDO firms along with other partners next month to finalize the partnership so that they can immediately start the pre-employment training, Dannug said. *LTG

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