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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...

The Philippines' Central Bank Calls Gold An Investment

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In 2020, Philippine Central Bank governor Benjamin Diokno said that the Philippines has “more than optimal” gold and will start actively trading it. A move that makes one think that the Philippines was wallowing in a river of gold bars and that gold was simply a commodity. However, a new video released by the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in their Facebook page seems to regard gold much better and even seems to endorse it. In the video , the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas calls gold a 'matatag na uri ng investment' or a stable investment. They also acknowledge the value of gold throughout history and calls the precious metal a ' physical na lagakan ng yaman' or a tangible storage of wealth. The Philippines is a gold-producing country and in 2016 was ranked fifth top gold producer in Asia . But the video reveals that beginning in 2011, when a 7% tax was imposed on gold miners, the BSP was no longer able to accumulate gold as gold miners opted to sell their gold in the...