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BPO attracting architects
CEBU CITY – Architecture graduates in the country are now beginning to capitalize on the dynamic outsourcing and offshoring industry, an industry expert said.
United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) regional district C-1 Director Alan Choachuy said today’s pool of young architects, especially fresh graduates, are attracted by the hefty pay that offered by business process outsourcing (BPO) firms for Auto CAD designers.
BPO design firms usually offer a minimum salary of P15,000, while newcomers are paid around P100 to P500 per hour.
However, Choachuy admitted this alternative career has slowly created a shortage of draftsmen and apprentice to work for the industry.
“There is a problem on the sustainability of the profession,” he said in an interview, noting the growing preference of younger architects to be employed by BPO firms instead of practicing their profession.
“It’s good on one side because they get employed and they earn their salaries but it is also bad because they cannot apply the skills and the knowledge on architecture in the field,” said Choachuy.
“The skills are not the problem with the new breeds but it is just that most of them prefer the easier way to succeed and it is through going abroad or to work in an outsourcing firm for the US market. But they should learn it the hard way like the way we do it before,” he added.
The growing demand for architects in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, Singapore and Dubai also pose as a challenge to the “brain drain” problem of the industry, Chuachuy said.
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