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14 Call Center Interview Questions & Answers

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The call center industry is one of the fastest growing in the country these days. As recently as ten years ago, there were only a few call center agents and the word call center was hardly ever used in the country. Today, almost every family has at least one member working in the call center industry. The reason for this boom is partly economics. In the Philippines, low paying jobs are very notorious and while call centers set up shop here because of the low labor costs, Filipinos decide to work for the call center industry because it pays higher than average wages. Consider this: if you are an average worker with an entry level position, you probably are getting paid seven to ten thousand a month; meanwhile, an average employee in the call center industry with an entry level position will get around fifteen thousand pesos a month, plus free dental and health benefits (HMO). Call centers also will pay your SSS (Social Security), PAGIBIG (home building fund), and PhilHealth (health ins

300 Strong and Brave Men is all we Need

It was all over the news yesterday. A man by the name of Ducat took hostage a bus filled with school children and two teachers on its way to Tagaytay for a field trip. It was supposed to be your everyday hostage taker who just wants to get rich quick. However there is a twist to this story. The hostage taker apparently owns the day care center which the school children inside the bus go to. Add to that, he owns that particular day care center. The details were at first sketchy. But hours later it was clear. This Ducat was not your ordinary criminal. This person was committing such acts because he was fighting for his ideals. The daycare center which the hostages attend is a project of the hostage taker and it turns out that he was offering this service for free. He also has a foundation, the Ang Musmos foundation which cares for around 150 poor children from the slums of Tondo. The guy demanded that all of the children under the care of his foundation shall be given university educ