ExcelAsia to expand to BPO hubs outside Manila, Luzon

(Manila, Philippines, June 23, 2008) – In response to the fast-growing manpower demand of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and clients in other traditional sectors, industry-leading human resources solutions provider ExcelAsia announced a nationwide expansion program targeting strategic locations throughout the Philippines. 

ExcelAsia provides end-to-end human resource services, including sourcing, recruitment and training, to over 30 multinational companies in the Philippines. It also provides executive search and business consultancy services to its clients.

“At present ExcelAsia operates from two major locations — Makati and Cebu — and a satellite office in Alabang, said ExcelAsia president Rita Trillo-Ugarte. “For our expansion plans this year, we have earmarked Alabang — this time for a fully featured facility — Baguio and Bacolod, as strategic sites for our new offices. This initiative demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of our clients’ businesses, regardless of their location.”

According to Trillo-Ugarte, the move to establish a physical presence in multiple locations nationwide is a natural next step given the BPO industry’s development. “Our BPO clients are constantly looking for expansion opportunities in emerging BPO hubs all over the country. Most of them are already operating outside Metro Manila in Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

“We want to support their human resource recruitment and management programs by being in these places, and getting first-hand information on the manpower supply in each of them,” Trillo-Ugarte said.

“ExcelAsia will offer the same premiere suite of services that we are delivering from our existing offices, including placement of qualified applicants and training of near-hires under the ‘PGMA’s Training for Work Scholarship Program,’” Trillo-Ugarte explained.

“We plan to train around 500 trainees per month in each of the new sites,” she said. “We look forward to assisting untapped talent in these areas find gainful employment, and boosting the employment rate in these locations. 

In 2007, ExcelAsia trained from 400 to 500 near-hires every month. This year, the company hopes to double the number of trainees, as well as aggressively expand its business consultancy and executive search services. 

According to Trillo-Ugarte, three new offices are expected to be inaugurated over the next two months.