2nd Generator installed…
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London, United Kingdom – The Philippines was again awarded the Offshoring Destination of the Year Award for 2009 during the 6th annual National Outsourcing Association Awards held at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in Central London last October 15, 2009. This award was also awarded to the Philippines in 2007, the last time the country was also nominated to the category.
The Philippines bested four other shortlisted countries namely; Egypt, Russia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. The countries were adjudged based on criteria covering country advantages and appeal to UK companies, level of market penetration in the UK and the areas of outsourcing available in the country.
The nomination entry was submitted by the Business Processing Association of the Philippines on July 20, 2009 to convey that the Philippine IT‐BPO industry has achieved even greater heights since it won the same award in 2007. This bid of the Philippines to renew its title, reveals that the country’s IT‐BPO industry has been consistent with its remarkable growth amid the global financial crisis. The nomination of the Philippines by BPAP reflected the latest upbeat figures and milestones that Philippine Outsourcing and offshoring sector has registered. It also introduced new services as well as growing sectors that the Philippine Outsourcing industry now offers to the global market. The nomination of the Philippines was also made possible upon the recommendations of the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in London (PTIC), representative office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). PTIC London also serves as the Commercial Section of the Philippine Embassy in the United Kingdom.
The National Outsourcing Association is the recognized industry association for the outsourcing industry in the United Kingdom. The award reaffirms the Philippines’ position as one of the world’s leading outsourcing destinations. Outsourcing and Offshoring remains among the top priority investment sectors being promoted by the Philippine Department of Industry and its UK Office, PTIC London. In a recently held Business Forum fully attended by some seventy C‐Level Executives and Managing Directors at the Intercontinental Hotel Park Lane in London, where Secretary Peter B. Favila delivered the keynote address, Outsourcing to the Philippines was among the three sectors featured and warmly welcomed by those who attended.
The Philippine outsourcing industry is now seen to expand the impressive range of services offered globally to include not only the traditional voice, IT and BPO services but also higher value services such as finance, accounting, artistic design, engineering and architectural services among many others.
Farmout is not taking any risk. Due to the recent prolonged power outage brought about by Typhoon Pepeng+San Roque releasing waters, Farmout has decided to order a 2nd Power Generator. This added investment will help power our operations despite prolonged calamities.
1. When the Flood comes, expect mobility to suffer.
To ensure the safety of your team, you should either let them go home earlier, or stay in at the center. Once the flooding hits, rising waters will prevent most vehicles from travelling the flooded roads. Expect staffing levels to be adversely affected.
2. Within 4 hours, expect power to be cut.
Power utilities will normally cut of power to minimize the risk of electrocution. Tune up and check up your generators before hand. Ensure that you have a steady supply of fuel that will last you as long as the floods. In our area, floods normally last up to 3 days. Dont expect your pantry’s microwave to work. Ensure that you have enough LPG (gasul) to ensure that you can boil water (for coffee) and cook food.
Local Radio stations will be off the air too. This further aggravates the situation as the main source of news and updates are now gone. Go to facebook and see what people are posting. This is now the secondary source of news for you.
3. Within 12 hours, expect communication to be cut.
This is about the longest time the backup power of cell sites and telco substations can last without power. Effectively, you will be cut off from your team. Either setup a radio system before hand, or best yet, have them at the center itself. Make sure you have provisions of water, and food for 1 week. In our area, the Globe Cell sites were the first to go. Thankfully, SMART cell sites were still up and running.
4. Your stakeholders will be alarmed. Your Clients, Principals, Partners all have a need to know your center’s status. Even if its bad news, tell them as it is. Your stakeholders can act on the information sooner and have more options available to them.
5. Cash. Keep Cash in hand for those emergency purchases. Don’t count on ATM or credit cards to tide you over. When the power goes down, so does the ATM networks! Your staff may need money on loan to tide them over the calamity too.
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Farmout is inviting transcriptionists to join our team! We have a big project that will need to transcribe court recordings into microsoft word format. As such, medical background is not needed. College level, fast accurate touch typists and good team work are the abilities that we are looking for in the succesful applicant.
If you are interested, kindly clock on the link “Set Interview Date” to start the process! Hurry! The positions are open on a first come first served basis