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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...

Philippine International Pyromusical Competition at SM MOA Review

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Spending good money to watch fireworks is one of my guilty pleasures in life. Well, who doesn't like fireworks? I mean I always thought that they were the closest that man has ever gotten to recreating sunrises and sunsets. Difference Between Silver, Gold, VIP, and Patron with Dinner My friend and I have been watching the Philippine International Pyromusical Competition at SM MOA almost every year since 2010. The first time, we just watched it from afar because we didn't want to pay for a ticket. But over the past few years, we were able to watch the Philippine International Pyromusical Competition with a Silver, Gold, VIP, and Patron with Dinner ticket. The Silver ticket will not give you a good vantage point. It is crowded and there are no chairs. The worst thing about it is that you don't see the entire fireworks display because you can only see the ones at the top but you do get to hear the music being played (which is the only difference between the Silv...