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

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Nelson Jenna
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/30/2005		 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
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

TAMPA, FL 33602		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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 2,564
D
 
Common Stock 6,682
I
See footnote (1)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 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) 07/20/1999 07/20/2008 Common Stock 5,000 $ 20.475 D (2)  
Option (right to buy) 10/19/2001 10/17/2010 Common Stock 10,000 $ 4.05 D (3)  
Option (right to buy) 03/11/2003 03/11/2012 Common Stock 11,574 $ 8.64 D (4)  
Option (right to buy) 03/11/2003 03/11/2012 Common Stock 4,926 $ 8.64 D (5)  
Phantom Stock   (6)   (6) Common Stock 271 $ (7) D  

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 11/08/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(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

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