The Philippines is one of the top locations in the world for business process outsourcing, mainly for its cost savings and vast availability of talents and skills above other attractive advantages. As offshore staffing is gaining popularity overseas, companies would only work with the best remote staff in the Philippines.
From multinational corporations to small businesses and independent contractors, hiring Filipino employees has to meet with qualifications that can help them to be competitive and deliver projects on time. One of the advantages of staff outsourcing in the Philippines is that it does not limit companies to hire remote staff from a specific location and nearby areas without incurring additional costs of putting up another office and acquiring resources.
So, where to find the top remote Filipino employees? The Philippines has a population of more than a hundred million, with urban areas spread all over the country. Before, the concentration of talent acquisition is mostly in the three major metropolitan areas of the National Capital Region, Cebu and Davao. As the competition grows due to market saturation in the BPO industry, some companies have put up centers in other smaller cities to employ local talents.
Let us get to know highly urbanized cities except for the three metropolitan areas mentioned where you can hire remote employees.
Cagayan de Oro
This city, with a population of more than 675,000 inhabitants, is known for its white water rafting adventures. Located in Northern Mindanao, CDO is one of the next wave cities for business process outsourcing. Concentrix and Teleperformance are some of the companies that have established centers in the city.
Metro Clark
The Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone (CFSEZ) or simply Clark is situated in Central Luzon. It covers the city of Angeles and nearby areas of Pampanga and Tarlac provinces.
Baguio
Up north is the summer capital of the Philippines. The cool breeze and the beautiful landscape of this city are also not just for tourism but also for employing remote talents.
Dumaguete
In the Visayas region, Dumaguete is slowly gaining popularity as a hub for IT-BPO. Best known for Siliman University, the city has earned the recognition as a center of learning. The university alone produces top graduates every year, making this next wave city as one of the best locations to hire fresh graduates.
Iloilo
Famous for its Dinagyang Festival, this highly urbanized city in Western Visayas produces a high number of graduates every year. As a center of IT-BPO, the local government is aiming the city to become the “Silicon Valley” of the Philippines.
Bacolod
You haven’t been to Bacolod if you haven’t experienced its famous “Chicken Inasal”, a grilled chicken recipe. As a center of excellence, Bacolod is a top place to source talents for various outsourcing disciplines such as customer service, IT, knowledge process, engineering, back office and more.
Metro Laguna
A few miles located south of Metro Manila, Metro Laguna has become a high concentration for locators branching out of the bustling Metropolitan Manila. With a high population density and several top universities in leading cities such as Santa Rosa, Calamba and Los Banos, you can recruit top-notch graduates from this next wave city.
These cities are all in the list of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) “Next Wave Cities”. Offshore companies can also hire top employees in “new emerging cities”. These are the cities of Balanga, Batangas, Iriga, Laoag, Legazpi, Puerto Princesa, Tarlac and Tuguegarao, all in Luzon, Roxas City in Visayas and Zamboanga City in Mindanao.
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