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Going Abroad Should be an Option and not the Only Choice for Filipino Migrants Workers - PGMA |
PRESS RELEASE No. 14
MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 29 --President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today said the Philippine government is vigorously pursuing the creation of more appealing employment opportunities for Filipinos “to keep working here at home.”
The President, in her keynote speech before the Second Global Forum on Migration and Development at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City, said the government’s economic plans are designed to keep the best and the brightest Filipinos in their homeland.
“We long for the day when going abroad for a job is a career option, not the only choice, for a Filipino worker. Our economic plans are designed to allow the Philippines to break out of this cycle,” the President said.
She said the government has remained stubbornly focused on the economy in order to “spread the wealth and keep the people working here at home.”
She also said, “the government is creating job opportunities by concentrating on the development of priority sectors, such as business process outsourcing (BPOs).”
The Philippines is ranked among the most attractive off-shoring destinations in the world because of cost competitiveness and highly trainable, English-proficient, IT-enabled Filipino quality manpower.
The country’s outsourcing sector has the potential to grow 40 percent per year from 2007 until 2010, which would put it on track to double its global market share in three years. This rate of growth also means revenues from the outsourcing sector would grow four-fold from the current level of $1.3 billion, and employment would triple to 900,000 jobs.
In recent years, the outsourcing sector has expanded beyond call centers and IT to include a range of professional and business processes including accounting, human resources, financial analysis, design engineering, animation, medical services, legal services, insurance processes, banking processes, map making, publishing, content creation, and research.
And in the last seven years, the President said, the economy managed to create almost seven million new jobs.
“By continuing down this path, we will increasingly be keeping our best and brightest right here in the Philippines, closer to friends and families, helping to build our communities and provide the next generation of leadership,” she said.
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