JobStreet.com recently launched BPO Avenue Forum, a new online discussion board for people currently employed or seeking employment in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. The BPO Avenue Forum, the latest feature on JobStreet.com’s BPO Avenue portal, provides its members with the latest news and information on events and also serves as a venue for exchange of ideas, comments, feedback, and insider information in BPO employment.
“As the BPO industry provides its workers with a different work scope and environment, its workers are also subject to a different set of anxieties and uncertainties.” says Grace Colet, Country Manager of JobStreet.com Philippines. “BPO Avenue Forum enables BPO workers to get timely advice from sources they could trust – the people who went through the same set of experiences as they did.”
Current JobStreet.com users may register to the BPO Avenue Forum (http://bpoforum.jobstreet.com) using their JobStreet.com ID and password. Non-users can easily signup at www.jobstreet.com and register to the BPO Avenue Forum immediately. Once registered, BPO Avenue Forum users may start to post, read, and reply to any topic and even send private messages to other members.
The BPO Avenue Forum features topics that help BPO workers cope with the unique circumstances of their work such as Work, Career and Stress which provides tips to banish pressures on the job, Fashion at Work which gives tips on how to develop a style suited to the workplace, and Safety Warnings which gives advice to BPO employees on security since most of them go to work late at night. Members can also benefit from the best call center practices shared by their peers such as staff motivation techniques and management tips.
Since its launch, the forum has received positive feedback from its community members. “I see the BPO Forum as an avenue for us BPO and Call Center employees to be heard. Great job on this JobStreet!” posts member Cubey, while member 86ing shares “I'm sure this would be a great forum. I'm up for this.”
Member Jennakish says that the BPO Forum is “a very good site wherein you can get many information about our life at the BPO industry.” Another member, --KRiS--, enthuses, “I love this! Great minds meet and are having fun!” After a stressful day at work, member Binchee chills out at the BPO Avenue Forum. He says, “Definitely a good venue to relax and look for the right job at the same time.”
BPO Avenue Forum is part of JobStreet.com’s continuing efforts to help both the prospective and current BPO employees to understand the BPO industry better. It is one of the fastest growing sectors in recent years and is among the biggest employers in the country. Employing just about 2,400 people in 2001, the industry has grown to about 120 companies with 200,000 people in 2006. By 2010, Philippine BPO companies are forecasted to earn US$11 billion and employ 900,000 people.
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