Outsourcing Labor (Book Excerpts)

Outsourcing Labor (Book Excerpts)

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Curious about outsourcing labor? 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.

Outsourcing Through RentACoder (now, RentACoder) 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:

• Outsourcing provides access to lower costs made available through offshoring and “labor arbitrage.” (page 40)
• Traditional outsourcing involves contracting with a supplier which may or may not involve some degree of offshoring. Outsourcing became part of the business lexicon during the 1980s. It is essentially a division of labor.  (page 62)
• An entrepreneur can reduce labor and material costs outsourcing through RentACoder (now, RentACoder) while the CEO can reduce not only labor and material costs, but also production costs, management costs, and insurance costs. (page 77)
• The severity of its impact might depend on how deeply a company is involved with its surrounding community. When word gets out that a company outsources its labor overseas — community workers, families, customers, and surrounding businesses could revolt and negatively impact a company’s profits. (page 107)
• When a company re-employs its workers through RentACoder, it still maintains productivity, but it dumps all the IRS tax rules, labor laws, and issues described above. (page 137)
• A non-specific bid request includes the request for code or a service that (1) doesn’t clearly describe work requirements, (2) doesn’t require any labor, (3) doesn’t specify a distinct deadline, and/or implies that a deadline is not applicable, or (4) can’t be brought to arbitration. (page 181)
• You might for example, want to work with a coder that’s fluent in your own language. Or maybe you’d like to work with a coder that’s known for providing cheap labor — or a coder that won’t be half-asleep when you call because of a huge time difference. (page 203)
• Here, you’ll want to learn how a coder will begin implementing his/her services. Descriptions should address issues surrounding supplies, equipment, labor, and staff (if applicable). (page 213)
• Labor rates in countries outside of the U.S. are significantly lower than what they are here at home, and the same goes for RentACoder (now, RentACoder) bids from the same regions. (page 258)
• Preparation tasks (like employee training or formal introductions to other co-workers and a company’s top customers) take time, but they cannot be included as a project’s palette of labor tasks. (page 294)
• You’ll know when you’ve overworked a coder when his/her work starts to falter. Hopefully you won’t wait until that point and you’ll schedule your project’s work requirements in accordance with U.S. labor laws available here: http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/. (page 376)
• “And based on data from GVU’s 10th WWW User Survey, over 90% of our nation’s own Internet equipped population is high school educated (at the very least) and old enough to comply with current labor laws.” (page 380)
• One reason why USA companies can’t properly reinvest is because they’ve outsourced their labor force overseas. When a company offshores, it loses its reinvestment dollars to an entirely different currency, culture, and country. (page 405) 

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Outsourcing Through RentACoder (now, RentACoder) 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, RentACoder) website. Order it here.