Outsourcing companies are poised to create more than 2500 jobs in Bulgaria in 2010, Call Point New Europe said, cited by Investor daily on March 4 2010.

The Bulgarian outsourcing firm Call Point said that this particular sector has created 20 per cent more jobs in Eastern Europe in 2009 than in 2008.

Reportedly, growth in Bulgaria is stronger than the average growth for Eastern Europe, and this trend is likely to continue because the country “offers good potential, quality services and low cost”, Filip Ugrinov, CEO of Call Point New Europe told Investor.

Ugrinov reckons that in Bulgaria the outsourcing industry could employ as many as 40 000 people in a few years, while the current figure stands at about 5000.

According to data from the AT Kearney consulting agency, “Bulgaria is the most appealing country in Europe at the moment”. The criteria the agency cites are “salaries, infrastructure, taxes and financial attractiveness”.

Reportedly, Bulgaria comes ahead of Romania in these criteria, apart from “work force”, where Romania scores considerably better.