The Philippines is currently one of the “top three CAD Outsourcing countries in Asia alongside China and India.”¹ There are many advantages in having an outsourcing company in the Philippines.⁸ It is filled with highly skilled people who work using developed infrastructures and leading communication technologies to provide high quality CAD drafting and documentation services.¹ CAD professionals in the Philippines are gifted with dedication to their work, politeness, and good verbal and written communication in English, as proven by the country being the third English-speaking nation.^2,7 An increasing number of Filipinos are further improving their communication skills in many more languages to be able to communicate better with people from different countries.³

Filipinos are multi-skilled and hard-working people. The Philippines is composed of different cultures, and thus, Filipinos are exposed to different cultural practices. This trained them to become extremely adaptable to different environments, even to varying multinational work environments.³ The Philippines has also a cultural affinity on how US conduct businesses. This is one the country’s strengths.⁶

More and more companies are realizing the importance of tapping skills of professionals from other countries to work for them because this increases their savings and earnings.^3,8 This is in response to the rising cost of operations. The superior quality of the human resources in the Philippines and the low cost of its labor make it an ideal offshore outsourcing services provider.^2,3 The Philippines is capable of supporting a viable business venture.⁵ It has proven to be competent especially in construction design outsourcing.⁴

During the 1990’s, Asia served as a low cost manufacturing outsourcing center.⁶ In recent years, it has been witnessing an increasing number of foreign direct investments. One of the countries that experience this trend is the Philippines. It took the country some time to improve and become a world class outsourcing nation. Now, it is continually growing and challenging India and China, the two leading outsourcing nations in Asia. Other Asian countries, such as Taiwan and Singapore, are also striving to be excellent and competitive enough to challenge India.^2,6

Outsourcing in the Philippines is improving to provide continuous service; that is, working for long hours and, sometimes, working 24/7. The government plays an important role in the increase of outsourcing services in the country; the government is supporting multidimensional growth and education to produce more skilled professionals. Investors are getting benefits from the skills of Filipinos, and the country is also getting benefits from investors because of jobs that they provide. It is a mutual relationship between the two.²

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