Thomson Reuters recruits more staff for expanding RP operations

By EMMIE V. ABADILLA
February 5, 2010, 4:09pm

Thomson Reuters, which claims to be the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses, is currently hiring hundreds of new graduates and professionals for its expanding operations in the Philippines.

Its existing workforce in the country already number over a thousand. Thomson Reuters provide highlycritical information for the world’s leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets. Manila serves as the hub for Thomson Reuters Markets Customer Service, particularly for its English language first-line product support for Data and Applications and Technical functions.

Filipino workers perform part of the global entitlements transactions processing for markets. Manila also supports the company’s North American Legal organization by generating content for its flagship products.

Over the years, the company has grown into one of the world’s largest international, multicultural organizations with offices and customers around the globe. Its main headquarters is located in New York with major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota. It employs 50,000 workers in 93 countries.

Its Manila Operations Center is spread across a handful of locations in Ayala, Makati and McKinley Hill, Taguig City.

“The work we do in Manila is critical to the success of the whole Thomson Reuters organization,” according to Raoul Teh, Senior Site Officer for Manila. “We provide high-value, knowledge-based shared services to the rest of the Thomson Reuters global organization.”

The full range of Thomson Reuters Manila employees work covers financial research and advisory services, content and data collection for both Markets and Legal, telesales, customer support, applications development, product entitlements, editorial news services, sales and account management. At present, the company is looking for Filipino Associate Publishing Specialists, Publishing Specialists, Team Managers, Customer Technical Support Representatives, Team Manager Customer Technical Support, Global Service Desk Analysts, Customer Support Executives Data & Application, Customer Support Executive Technical, Team Managers Data & Applications, Team Managers Technical and Financial Analysts.

“Those who will be joining us will enter a corporate-culture where people, performance and customers are at the heart of our global operations. Thomson Reuters professionals are given the right tools and resources at their disposal so they can truly be consultants, providing vital information to the world’s businesses and professionals who put them into action,” noted Peter Buenaseda, Human Resources Director.