Trade and Industry Updates: Bohol

Not just any other typical job fair.

The Bohol Provincial Government thru the Bohol Investment Promotion Center together with the Department of Trade and Industry tied up with Sykes Asia, one of the leading call centers in the country to conduct a series of IT road shows in some of the collegiate schools in the province. The road show is aimed at fast tracking the IT readiness of the Boholanos in general.

Participating schools were Batuan Colleges, Bohol Institute of Technology, STI, Holy Name University, and CVSCAFT-Clarin Campus. Seven hundred graduating students attended the road show.

The IT industry, young but growing is targeted to generate revenues of US$10B and 1M jobs in 2010. The demand for quality labor is urgent. Thus the information campaign on IT.

The event was also consistent with the thrust of the provincial government in making Bohol the next IT hub outside Metro Manila and Metro Cebu areas.