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Wisconsin’s Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 16th Annual National Awards Program

Wisconsin’s Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 16th Annual National Awards Program
MADISON, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nikhitha Murali, 17, of Green Bay and Rachel Ley, 14, of Stevens Point today were named Wisconsin’s top two youth volunteers for 2011 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. The awards program, now in its 16th year, is conducted by Prudential Financial in partnership with the …

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Milford Youth Center hosts dodge ball tournament

Milford Youth Center hosts dodge ball tournament
The Milford Youth Center will hold it’s first dodge ball tournament Monday.

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Fairfield to host youth art workshop

Fairfield to host youth art workshop
Fairfield Community Resources Department offers a youth art workshop in time to celebrate the holidays.

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Telemarketing Aliens – Youth Baseball Cap

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Youth group rockathon raises $2,000 to help with toddler’s …

Youth group rockathon raises $2,000 to help with toddler’s …
SMITHSBURG – Members of Garfield United Methodist Church’s youth group, known as King’s Kids, held their annual rockathon fundraiser Sept. 10 and 11.

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Call Center for Youth

Ask any top call center firm and you will hear them admit that it’s difficult to get quality employees. Call centers suffer from dips in quality because the work done by their agents is far from what they would ideally want. The complaints of the BPO experts have inspired many telemarketing firms to train their agents exclusively. More such firms are investing time and resources in training the agents for the specific projects that they are working on. However, the pitfall of this system is that this is more of a damage control exercise than a step forward. The future depends on having industry-ready telemarketing services professionals who can work on projects with just a cursory glance at what is expected of them. That’s when you need to invest in training as a community of business process outsourcing units.

The call centers in the Philippines have achieved something similar. They have a body of BPO experts that pools funds for the training of agents. The trained agents can find employment in any call center that they choose to work in. The government of the country is making efforts to invest money in establishing a sort of school for telemarketing agents. The idea of setting up a training institute has worked wonders for the business process outsourcing sector of the country. Because of their trained alumni, the telemarketing services industry in these parts has a constant supply of agents who can do the work for them without compromising on the quality. The success of this initiative has split open the chances of other governments following suit to better BPO service in their countries.

This step is necessary not just for the quality of call center services. It’s also important for the economic growth of the country. Call centers generate great returns on investment (ROI). The ROI could be the prime reason why the administrators of these countries are willing to spend and allot time on the BPO sector. They realize the potential of this sector and what the young guns of their country can do for them. The other industries are overlooked when it comes to investment from the government. It’s the telemarketing sector that continues to get the favors. However, the efforts have to go up to ensure quality telemarketing services. And the young minds have to be trained from a marketing point of view. It’s only then that the quality of BPO service will go up.

It’s not just the bigger names of the call center industry that make a particular location a preferred BPO destination. There are other qualities why one place wins over another when choosing where to get your call center services from. That is when the entire telemarketing sector of a country has to look healthy. If there is an availability of enough manpower that can do a good job at answering service or at lead generation, investors would love to base their business in such a location. The youth of the country have a major role to play here. And it’s the business process outsourcing community’s duty to prepare them for their role in BPO service.

Consider in-demand jobs, youth told

Consider in-demand jobs, youth told
Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has encouraged young people , including students and fresh graduates, to take a closer look at in-demand occupations, and develop the corresponding skills to avail of these job opportunities found in the country’s major and emerging industries.

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