Since 2021, the District Mayor’s Office of Barranquilla appointed 600 seats to study intensive English and thus connect citizens with job opportunities in the so-called BPO companies.
Those interested can complete their registration through the website of the Ministry of Economic Development. There is everything related to the program called English for work.
“Before entering university, a young person without work experience could generate an income equivalent to twice the minimum wage in Colombia,” explained a spokesperson for the program, which guides foreign language training through various institutions.
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After the covid-19 pandemic, one of the sectors that has registered the greatest growth in labor demand is BPO or Business Process Outsourcing (outsourcing of business processes), which specializes in support tasks for an organization using various technologies.
The guild announces that there are available near 1,000 monthly vacancies for bilingual people who were not being covered by local human talent.
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There are already 600 students who have been part of the program, to which more than 4,000 new beneficiaries will be added in 2022
Against this background, since the previous year, the District has offered full scholarships to those seeking to study English intensively. Subsequently, the 32 BPO companies operating in the city are responsible for choosing the staff.
“There are already 600 students who have been part of the program, to which more than 4,000 new beneficiaries will be added in 2022,” said the Secretary of Economic Development, Ricardo Plata.
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“With a national growth of more than 17% in 2021, As announced by MinComercio, BPOs have been positioning themselves as great drivers of the economy. That is why we are committed to providing the tools to generate jobs that join the more than 11,000 people currently employed by the sector, allowing young people to have certified experience, in addition to exploring cutting-edge technologies and facing new job challenges. ”, added the official.
The secretary explained that to complement the training in the language with an intensive course in 380 hours, the development of activities such as conversation clubs and cultural agenda is contemplated; workshops on customer service, after-sales service; job immersion in BPO companies and other sectors, as well as the management of technological tools.
Salaries for bilingual people must range between one million 800 thousand and 3 million pesos.
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