Outsourcing Economy (Book Excerpts)

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Curious about the outsourcing economy? Our book, “Outsourcing Through RentACoder” explains it all. Below are a few selected snippets that describe its importance and why you, as an outsourcer, should care. For details, head on over to this page and order the book. Then complement what you find here with the content in our growing outsourcing articles library (the book’s ‘online extension’).

Outsourcing Through RentACoder (now, vWorker) is a 418 page step-by-step user guide for entrepreneurs who want to reduce their workload and increase productivity at the same time.

Excerpts:

• A Zogby International poll conducted in August 2004 found that 71% of American voters believed “outsourcing jobs overseas” hurt the economy while another 62% believed the U.S. government should impose some legislative action against companies that transfer domestic jobs overseas, possibly in the form of increased taxes on companies that outsource. (page 43)
• The stereotypes associated with outsourcing are often very negative. However, it’s quite possible to utilize outsourcing in a way that begets the highest quality of work without sacrificing the national economy. (page 73)
• You must consider how your outsourcing decisions affect your company’s co-workers and the entire economy. (page 136)
• Whatever your reasons are, RentACoder (now, vWorker) gives you the means to solicit a group of coders by economy, language fluency, time-zone and more. (page 203)
• You needn’t look any further than the computer virus for an example. A computer virus disrupts current work flow and creates new additional work just to get back on track. So does a tornado… a bad economy… an alien invasion… you get the picture. (page 269)
• A healthy economy is dependent on this engine and every single one of its contributions… especially employees. Yet employees, the blood of our economy, are the first commodities to go in an economic crisis?? (page 405)

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Outsourcing Through RentACoder (now, vWorker) is a 418 page, 7.44″ x 9.68″ paperback book, fully illustrated and filled with everything you could possibly need to successfully outsource your tasks the first time.

Inside, you’ll find a slew of outsourcing know-how, over a dozen online checklists, worksheets, and more. It also introduces an outsourcing roadmap exclusive to the RentACoder (now, vWorker) website. Order it here.