Forget India, Outsource To Arkansas
Posted on July 9, 2010 by Atul
I served on the board of Rural Sourcing Inc., which was founded by Kathy White, Former CIO – Cardinal Health, until this firm was acquired by Clarkson Consulting. A very viable alternative!
I was very impressed by the quality of resources in rural locations such as Jonesboro, Greenville etc. in states such as Arkansas, New Mexico and North Carolina.
Forget India, Outsource To Arkansas.
By CNN at July 08, 2010 Comments (0)
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Looking for skilled, low-cost labor? Forget about India and China. How about Jonesboro, Ark.? As the national unemployment rate hovers near 10%, some companies are starting to eye job-hungry areas of the country as prime candidates for the kind of outsourced work that once would have gone overseas. Dubbed “ruralsourcing,” “rural outsourcing” and “onshoring,” the practice relies on two simple premises: Smaller towns need jobs, and they offer a cheaper cost of living than urban centers. So businesses that outsource work to these areas can expect to pay less — rates are often as much as 25% to 50% lower — than if they were hiring urbanites with comparable skills. More>> |
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