Aegis partners with TESDA

MANILA, Philippines - Aegis opens a door of opportunities for Cebu’s skilled college graduates and out-of-school youth through a new program that will not only prepare them for employment in the business process outsourcing (BPO) and contact center industry but also give them the opportunity to work at Aegis, one of the leading global outsourcing service providers with centers in Manila, Baguio, and Cebu. The Earn and Learn Program is a Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) dual training system that allows Aegis, through its subsidiary Aspire People Solutions, to train academic partners to run a finishing course especially designed for contact centers and have its graduates participate in an internship program with Aegis, with the intent to employ participants who successfully finish the course. Last April 12, a memorandum of agreement was signed by Aegis, Aspire People Solutions, and Asian College of Technology (ACT), one of Cebu’s foremost IT schools and one of the first academic partners to participate in the program. Present during the contract signing were Cherryll Ann Dela Vega (Aegis VP for operations), Dennis Tagamolila (senior manager for Aspire People Solutions), Councilor Rodrigo Abellanosa (ACT president), Erwin Verano (ACT VP for academics), Luisita Yee (TESDA provincial office head for industry services), Nancy Lisondra (TESDA regional office masterhead for UTPRAS unit), and Wilfredo Sa-a, Cebu Educational Development Foundation for IT (CEDFIT) executive director.