The combined company will be traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the name Startek Inc., and is estimated to make US$700 million in annual revenue, more than double the earnings Startek reported for 2017.
Latin American universities have taken very few slots at this year’s Times Higher Education World University Rankings, with the University of São Paulo in Brazil being the only one in the region to feature in the top 400.
Volunteers were distributed throughout the various attention centers that the company has in Argentina, in the locations of Martínez, Mar del Plata, Córdoba, Salta, Chaco, and Tucumán.
As one of new President Mauricio Macri's key undersecretaries, Carlos Pallotti, is pushing Argentina's plan to add 80,000 jobs to the nation's ITC and BPO sector — an industry the Macri administration believes can reach $10 billion.
Argentina's call center market is mature with few growth opportunities, so companies like Apex America must diversify their offerings towards BPO and value-added services to avoid stagnation.
When Alexandre Debert moved from France to Argentina, he never knew it would lead to a life in IT with a wife he loves in a new city he now considers home. He shares his experience of changing careers, from finance to IT, with Nearshore Americas.