Large companies do it every day... and save substantial sums! Why shouldn't you use the global marketplace to complete small jobs around the office or home... and save significant amounts of money in the process?
Here's the challenge: Your boss tells you to create a corporate web page quickly, at low cost. How would YOU approach this problem? Ask around the office? Draft friends and neighbors? Search online for "web designers"?
There might be a better way.
More and more people are turning to the global marketplace to complete both business and personal tasks.
According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, outsourcing of small digital jobs around the home and office is becoming increasingly more common.
Jobs that were once done exclusively in Indiana are now being completed in India and other places at a fraction of the cost!
For example, say that you need math tutoring to complete a college course. A tutor in the U.S. might charge as much as $60 per hour. The same level of math assistance from India might be had for as little as $3 an hour... and you might have as many as 80 providers vying for your business!
Online sources for outsourced global labor include:
Guru.com
Elance.com
Rentacoder.com
Of course, this is not for everyone, or for every job... but you might consider it the next time you are faced with a small project.
1 comment:
Great blog Dan. On the flip side of the positive, I've encountered recruiting companies that will outsource the "sourcing" function of a United States talent search and then turn around and mark-up the cost of that information through a direct hire fee or resell the list to the employer who engaged the recruiting firm to conduct the search in the first place.
With our ever expanding availability to global services it is more important than ever to know who you are doing business with and what their strategies are to meet your need. Cost savings may save you financially but can sometimes cost you ethically.
I think it is great we have networking sites like management to allow us to continue our global outreach while at the same keeping it personal.
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