In a disclosure to the stock exchange, STI said it recently signed a partnership agreement with SITEL, one of the world's leading BPO provider of customer care and outsourcing services.
Under the agreement, STI students will receive training from SITEL for the skills and qualifications needed for outsourcing careers.
Aside from training sessions, SITEL will provide content for STI courseware and curriculum. Students can also opt to undergo their internship at SITEL.
STI said their faculty members will also undergo training from SITEL.
SITEL, on the other hand, will post job opportunities for graduating STI students.
"The partnership provides intensive preparations with mock interviews using SITEL's Language Assessment tool in which our students' communication skills will be gauged, Employment seminar to gear them towards better prospects for job application, and language training for our Communication Arts subjects. Our graduating students from all programs will benefit from these learning activities, which is also why we are working with SITEL to give our students a heaed start with our Manila campuses andthen expanding to the rest of our schools nationwide," STI vice president for academics Dr. Lloyd C. Bautista said.
For SITEL's part, Haidee Enriquez, vice president for global recruitment, said: "Together, STI and SITEL will find ways by which we can help bridge the gap between the quality of STI's graduates and the minimum competencies that we require our employees to have."
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
