October 26, 2009 – Jobs in Costa Rica are plentiful for an educated person due to Costa Rica’s increasing technological and industrial’s improvement; along with its attractive packages to foreign companies, Costa Rica has become a call center solution hot spot.

Costa Rica is rapidly becoming a haven for North American and other foreign companies looking to outsource certain branches of their companies like their call centers, manufacturing plants and so on… 

For North American companies, opening a call center in Costa Rica is ideal because of it is location which is much closer then India or the Philippines.

Thanks to the many advantages of outsourcing in Costa Rica, jobs in Costa Rica are more available and not counting the sports betting industry, the money is found in call centers.

 

For a Costa Rican looking for a competitive salary, a call center job in Costa Rica is ideal because the salary will usually be at least 65% higher than the minimum wage.  A Costa Rican who speaks fluent English is almost always guaranteed a job.

For a foreigner, looking to move to Costa Rica, a call center job is ideal.  Even though the salary will be nowhere near that of a call center job in the United States or Canada, the salary will let them live a very comfortable life.

Some things to keep in mind for anyone looking to apply for a job in Costa Rica:

1. Foreigners must have the proper papers to work like a work permit or a residency.
2. Costa Ricans will earn more if they speak perfect or near-perfect English
3. A call center job is not for everyone.
4. You may end up with a graveyard shift.

 

Thanks to the economy, call centers are always looking for more employees and are very competitive when it comes to the salary due to the competition. 

Datascension, an offshore outsourcing solutions company, for example is always hiring new talent for their call center and actively participates in job fairs because they are going up against many other companies like HP, who are all vying to get the best talents available in Costa Rica.

 

For this reason, if you have experience and speak perfect English, your salary is more negotiable at a call center.

 

Allison Kim is an internet marketing consultant with over 6 years of online marketing experience and has worked for some of the top Fortune 500 companies in the world.  You can contact her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .