Staff Outsourcing: The Next BIG Thing To Your Business

More companies now consider staff outsourcing for many reasons. 

You might be asking yourself, Is outsourcing for my business?, Is it time for me to outsource?, What tasks should I outsource?

Take a moment with us as we tackle each of these in a deeper sense.

What’s the best approach when outsourcing?

The first thing to do is having a clear understanding of your business objectives.

Plan how outsourcing a job can help you achieve long-term goals. Identify KPIs to measure that these goals are met. These determine how you structure and manage a project, what functions are outsourced, and how to evaluate a service provider.

Remember to establish a harmonious relationship with your service provider. Communication is always the key to having a successful outsourced project. Consider that outsourcing tasks mean a different team setup and responsibilities are implemented. This avoids any confusion to both parties as the project progresses.

Ensure that regular progress reports are issued to you. More importantly, make sure that you fully understand the technicalities of your outsourced tasks. An ideal service provider is able to explain complex things to simpler terms so you can easily catch-up with any progression.

The next step is to identify the essential factors for successful outsourcing.

Essential Factors for Successful Outsourcing

• Be Wise. Outsourcing means carefully selecting the right person for a particular job. You cannot outsource a long list of diverse tasks to only one professional and expect them to be an expert at everything. Never treat your outsourced staff as virtual robots if you want them to be a long term player in your team.


• Strategic. Decide whether you need short-term or long-term outsourced staff. You may wish to hire short-term staff if you have short, definable projects. On the other hand, long-term outsourced staff become an integral part of your business, handling regular and repetitive tasks that form part of the day to day operations of your business.


• Shifting. Outsourcing may be your best option if your company is shifting in a new direction and embracing new technologies. You can leverage off the expertise of a specialized outsourced team member to assist the process


• Business Process Outsourcing. Commonly known as BPO or back office outsourcing. It involves the whole operations and responsibilities of specific business functions to be outsourced to a third-party service provider.


• Joint Venture (JV). This is a business agreement in which you agree to develop a specific project with another outsourced management team. In essence, a joint venture is also forming a partnership.


• Benefit-based outsourcing. This is when both parties decide to invest in providing a service, sharing the benefits and possible risks that may arise.


• Offshoring. Offshore outsourcing is when you outsource jobs into another country. India, for instance, is among the top 10 choices of big companies to offshore jobs.

Why Small, Medium and Large Companies Embrace Outsourcing?

Outsourcing has taken off in the last 14 years! In fact, an estimated 300,000 job positions are outsourced annually by American companies.

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