FORM 3
        	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Nelson Jenna	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
9/30/2005 
	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

SYKES ENTERPRISES INC [SYKE]	
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

400 N ASHLEY DRIVE SUITE 2800	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President /	
(Street)

TAMPA, FL 33602       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
Common Stock  	2564  	D  	 	
Common Stock  	6682  	I  	See footnote   (1)	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				
Option (right to buy)  	7/20/1999  	7/20/2008  	Common Stock  	5000  	$20.4750  	D   (2)	 	
Option (right to buy)  	10/19/2001  	10/17/2010  	Common Stock  	10000  	$4.05  	D   (3)	 	
Option (right to buy)  	3/11/2003  	3/11/2012  	Common Stock  	11574  	$8.64  	D   (4)	 	
Option (right to buy)  	3/11/2003  	3/11/2012  	Common Stock  	4926  	$8.64  	D   (5)	 	
Phantom Stock  	  (6)	  (6)	Common Stock  	271  	  (7)	D  	 	

Explanation of Responses:	
(  1) 	Represents shares held in the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, which the reporting person is currently twenty percent vested as of December 31, 2004.	
(  2) 	Grant of stock options to the reporting person pursuant to the Company's 1996 Employee Stock Option Plan, which vests in three equal annual installments on July 20, 1999, 2000, and 2001.	
(  3) 	Grant of stock options to the reporting person pursuant to the Company's 2000 Employee Stock Option Plan, which vests in one year from Grant Date.	
(  4) 	Grant of stock options to the reporting person pursuant to the Company's 2001 Employee Stock Option Plan, which vested half of the options in two equal annual installment on March 11, 2003 and 2004 with the remaining half of the options being subject to accelerated vesting which occurred on February 1, 2005.	
(  5) 	Grant of stock options to the reporting person pursuant to the Company's 2001 Employee Stock Option Plan, which vested in full on February 1, 2005 due to accelerated vesting.	
(  6) 	The shares of phantom stock become payable, in cash or common stock, at the election of the reporting person and pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Company's 2005 Deferred Contribution Plan.	
(  7) 	1-for-1	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
Nelson Jenna
400 N ASHLEY DRIVE SUITE 2800
TAMPA, FL 33602			Senior Vice President		

Signatures		
/s/ Jenna Nelson		11/8/2005	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints W. Michael Kipphut, James Holder, and Martin A. Traber as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, to:
1.     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder;
2.     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 4 and 5 and the timely filing of such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and
3.     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed effective as of this 8th day of November, 2005.

		/s/ Jenna Nelson	
		Printed Name: Jenn Nelson