There are different kinds of outsourcing available today. Online outsourcing is one of the ways of outsourcing information. Gone were the days when it was difficult to outsource a lot of work on the internet because of frauds and other scams which dupe people off with money. Such fraudulent acts are difficult to crack down by law enforcement agencies.
Online outsourcing is 100% internet base when it comes to outsourcing. There are always two parties involved, Mister babache the employer and the worker. Online outsourcing involves third-party business since the task or the project are done by people who are not part of the company which needs the tasks to done.
Because of the increase in Information Technology, it is quite easy to outsource materials online. One of the leading sites for online outsourcing is freelancer and vWorker. These website offer secure methods of payments and workers who do not follow the guidelines are blocked from accessing the website. Also by reading the reviews of a worker it is easy to know which worker is of good quality or which worker is a waste of time.
Tasks which are can be found on online outsourcing are programming task, logo designs, translations or research works. There are others like proofreading and online administration.
Online outsourcing has a lot of advantages which is beneficial for any company. It is a well-known fact that labor in China and other countries is cheap. Labor in Europe is known to be quite expensive. The ability of a company to outsource online to a country like China means that the company will make more profit because of the cheap labor. With cheap labor a company can sell its product at a lower price for consumers.
Any company which is on a tight budget would find it economical to outsource most of its work online. Another advantage with online sourcing is that a company can find ways to interview and to test the contestants and at the end of the day; the company is assured of a good job. If the work produced is not good enough then the employer can choose not to pay and the money will be returned to the employer.
Because of this form of flexibility and labor provision online outsourcing is becoming popular and popular on the internet. There are so many freelancers available who are willing to work for greater number of hours to meet the deadline of project contractor. There is always a good form of corporation because both parties involved have to agree on what payment can be made and how to make the payments as well. One of the common ways is that project contractors wait till all the work has been delivered in the correct order before releasing the funds to the other party.
Even though most online outsourcing are not long-term, there are exceptions in which it has been found that some contractors tend to hire long-term workers when the project task is demanding and has a lot of requirements to be fulfilled.
Mirja kaizer Ahmed, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.
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