Is BPO a good career for BE/B.Tech students???

Nothing to say here! BPOs are for people with people skills! Not for engineers who have spent 4 damned years in Engg, written an internal every week, taken a test every month, and cleared all subjects every four months! Nope wrong decision! There are jobs in the same cadre and India needs engineers. Yes it's difficult to find Jobs, but I assure you they exist. Not the elite 3.25lac per annum jobs but, hey we need to start somewhere. My advise to aspiring engineers, start somewhere, get the experience certificate, move towards better prospects- but don't ditch your present company. Talk to them about your promotions and increments. If the higher ups are considerate and "eligible" enough, then they will surely heed to your needs! Good point Leena! Thumbs up. Cheers and Thanks for referring @Joydeep!

In BPO engineers do not get appropriate exposer and experience of practical aspects.practical espects are more important as you learn the application process during education , but practical life teaches you problems and there way out or solutions.

If BPO is the career path for students after engineering, they don't have to study so much. I think the degree gained after working really hard for 4 years will lose its value.There is no link between knowledge gained and work performed.

No, BPO is not for all Engineers, Students should have clarity on what they are doing and what they will be doing after completing their UG. They should understand the importance of Engineering and the branch there are pursuing and then accordingly choose the career in respective fields. ITES, BPO & KPO are also once choice for set of engineering groups but not for all. 

Business process outsourcing (BPO) is a form of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific business functions (or processes) to a third-party service provider. Originally, this was associated with manufacturing firms, such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments of its supply chain.^[1]. In the contemporary context, it is primarily used to refer to the outsourcing of services.

BPO is typically categorized into back office outsourcing - which includes internal business functions such as human resources or finance and accounting, and front office outsourcing - which includes customer-related services such as contact center services.

BPO that is contracted outside a company's country is called offshore outsourcing. BPO that is contracted to a company's neighboring (or nearby) country is called nearshore outsourcing.

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BE/B.TECH is-

The Bachelor of Technology (commonly abbreviated as B.Tech. or B.Tech.(Hons)) is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after completion of a three or four year program of studies at an accredited university or accredited university-level institution. The degree is conferred in the Commonwealth of Nations, Republic of Ireland, the United States, Canada, South Africa, Nigeria and elsewhere.

In general, the degree is awarded to those who have undertaken a Bachelor of Science degree program which is additionally supplemented by either occupational placements (e.g., supervised practica or internships) or practice-based classroom courses. Due to these requirements, the degree normally takes at least four years.

So I think BPO is not good career for BE/B.TECH students.

of course not.. a engineering degree has lot to offer..but if somebody is really passionate about BPO sector then he has to take some management degree then join BPO but again question comes that where will the engineering degree will help?? Where the four years of hard work will go .. Electronics lab, machine lab, Microprocessor lab, etc etc  and I think you need to have a different mind map for doing the BPO job and engineering degree doesn't give that

Being an engineering graduate, I have always aspired for IT domain and would support the fact that BPO industry demands more customer service oriented people who have basic technical skills, open to shifts, and ofcourse good communication skills. One could rarely find use of technical knowledge in BPO sector as it could be support for printers, computer hardwares or software problems or for some telecom domain. But also depends on the process a person is hired for. For example: SAP implemented at one company may outsource the administration part to a BPO which might require technical skills upto that level but not in terms of software development. In my opinion BPOs are not good option to be explored in terms of growth opportunity.

Naveen Good debate, my point of view no it not the place  for BE and B tech students as job responsibility is entirely different from what they study in four years.

Engineers working in BPO is wastage of talent. They should put their 4 year technical learning in some technology centric work. Most of them are aware of this fact and they use this BPO job as a support while they are searching for job in some technology company. Their should be some check on this as techies are taking some ones job which they anyways want to quit. 

Definitely not. Using an Engineer for Business Process Outsourcing other than for Engineering Process Outsorcing is real waste.

BPO should me the last option for Engineering student.Students must focus on their domains and choose career in their respective fields.

Not at all, how it could be an engineer work as a tele - supporter, but yes it’s right.

Who is responsible for this, parents or the students, I think none of them, because some times the situation comes like this and they have to get mould according to that, which is not fair with life/career/study. Apart from this many are there who work for money who don’t know the value of Engineering.

and again I agree with Leena. esp:

"So the students should not prefer BPO's after their completion of the course."

Naveen, I find you are a  BE student, and this is the dillema all of us face with Job oppurtunities low, this is like the best option. But dont join a BPO just like that. Try to realize what you are  good at. 

Ill give you few situations

If you are a good talker and have that selling aspect in you - try out sales.
If you are good with people and convincing and consoling-  Public relations
If you like helping people, try an NGO before a BPO.

Hope you guys get wht Im saying.
Identifying your true ability is whats important. Sadly in BE noone teaches interpersonal skills - u need to figure this for your slef. So dont run cause everyone running., Take a step back focus on your golas and then indulge.

Career in BPO is not good for B.E./B.Tech Graduates. They should make their career in their respective fields only because the experience in Engineering field will help them in future not the experience gained in BPO.

No Matter they get lesser pay in Engineering than in BPO Jobs, but for the stable career they should choose engineering job only...

Once they get sufficient experience in engineering field, the growth ( salary wise and designation wise) is straight...!!!

After completion B.E in specific dept going to  BPO as a career is wrong, as profession student going to BPO/KPO not technical career path, off coures after completion B.E our mind set is to go job only.1st step should be good one becoz we want to travel a long in our career, after some time we should not  feel that we are not in technical domain.

BPO is a very bad choice for B.Tech students. Engineering graduates should avoid getting into BPO/Call center jobs. During the BPO boom, many B.Tech students got into BPO's, but they should take up training in places like NIIT and get a career in IT companies.

BPO and KPO is not meant for Techie guys.
It's more into the management of the resources with limited technology and
restricted development (in relation to technology,)
It best suits for the managers and sales people.

Yup You Are Right...

Yes, after all BPO/KPO operations are more to do with fluency and people's skills, for which any graduate with these skills can be utilised.  For a trained Techie. on the whole the job could be boring and may be stagnant in the long run.

i dont think bpo's experience is counted any where