By Paulina
P. Nebrida
DOST 1
There
is a bright outlook for information technology (IT), nursing, and business-related graduates and
students in Northern Luzon to pursue careers in IT-Business Process Management
(IT-BPM) previously known as Business Process Outsourcing. This is what was trumpeted
in the ICT Congress held on February 23-24, 2015 at the Oasis Country Resort
and Hotel in San Fernando City, La Union.
Executive
Director Monchito Ibrahim of the Information and Communication Technology
Office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ICTO) declared that
the IT-BPM industry is projecting to employ 1.3 million jobs up to 2016 with
526,000 coming from the countryside.
“The IT-BPM
operation has started to locate in the next wave cities or the ICT hubs outside
Metro Manila, creating economic activities in the countryside. In Northern
Luzon, several locators are already in Baguio City. Two IT-BPM players,
Accenture and Expert Global Solutions, will soon open its facilities in Laoag
City and San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, respectively. San Fernando City, La Union,
through the Poro Point Development Corporation, and Lingayen, Pangasinan may
follow suit”, Mr. Ibrahim said.
During the
talks, industry leaders said that the “Contact Centers” still remain the
leading service of IT-BPM industry. However, they are stepping up the
value-chain in IT services and products. These include animation, game
development, software development, and healthcare information management
providing career opportunities to IT, nursing and finance graduates, among
others.
“Animation
has expanded beyond TV and movie” Mr. Rene Misa, President of Central Luzon
School of Animation, said. “We love
anime, visual and special effects in movies,
in websites, commercials, logo animation, mobile apps, etc.”
In healthcare
information management, nursing and allied medical professionals can find work
as medical transcriptionist, medical secretaries, medical assistants, medical
coders, medical representatives, and clinical research associates.
“There are
many opportunities in the IT-BPM industry and those who are interested to join
it must improve their talent and skills,” Eckhon Malig, IT Academe Officer of
the IT Business Process Association of the Philippines said.
Currently,
some training or skills improvement can be obtained from the following: eTESDA,
eSMP at Open University, University of the Philippines, and by the training
offered by the Healthcare Information Management Outsourcing Association of the
Philippines (HIMOAP), Animation Council of the Philippines (ACPI), and the
Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA).
Enthusiastic
young people, let’s get it on!
For your IT needs, please
contact the ICT Office through Dr. Armando Q. Ganal, Regional Director,
Department of Science and Technology Region 1 at email dostregion1@gmail.com.
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