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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

9 Common Mistakes in English Grammar that Grammarly corrects for you

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When I first heard about Grammarly, I was a bit skeptical about its usefulness. I thought that the spelling and grammar checker equipped with word processors was already enough. However, when I tried using Grammarly, I immediately realized how much more powerful Grammarly is than the regular spelling and grammar checker. But aside from being a spelling and grammar checker, Grammarly can also be an incredible tool for bloggers and college professors to check for plagiarism. Bloggers can use Grammarly to find out if someone copied their article and college professors can check if an essay is indeed original. The vocabulary enhancement feature of Grammarly is also a must-have for every blogger out there. You know how you sometimes use the same word over and over again? Well, Grammarly can help you with that, it will provide you with an array of alternative words to use whenever it detects an overused word. Grammarly, primarily, though is a very powerful proofreader and in my ex