The last few years have meant constant improvement not only for our company but for the entire world. Any industry, any market, has become significantly more competitive in recent times, and because of this, many smart entrepreneurs have decided to delegate tasks.
This seems like an obvious decision to make; however, what makes it important is what is implicit in it—not simply hiring more people immeasurably, but requesting services from outsourcing.
“Is there a difference?” you may ask. And the answer is yes. Many companies prefer to switch to a specialist talent provider so that they can focus on their core business.
If you want to know why so many employers are outsourcing their work, read on.
What Is Outsourcing?
Before investing in something, you need to know what it is, of course. Here we will tell you.
Outsourcing is a tool that allows you to hire a supplier outside the company to carry out a secondary activity. This range of availability goes from maintenance, cleaning, and mail, to financial systems, human resources, or accounting systems. Any service that the provider can provide.
This hiring system is not only about hiring cleaning staff, as many people may believe, but it offers an array of services as broad as there are professions in the world. For example, in our company, we have a team of freelancers in all commercial areas: IT, Data Coordination, Copywriting, Customer Service, and everything that a client may need.
Outsourcing has numerous advantages, which is why it has become so important for today’s businesses. Even the young and successful entrepreneur Karl Pierre interviewed our CEO, Randy Rosales, last April and gave his testimony about his experience hiring the outsourcing services of our company for his home care agency. You can take a look at it and hear it from him in the next video.
Outsourcing Benefits
Cost-Effectiveness
Working with external companies saves costs that are normally associated with investing in infrastructure or technology, or when hiring new employees since these providers normally charge less than what a new employee would have to pay since the assigned tasks would be specific, secondary tasks beyond the main function of the company.
Improves Company’s Focus
Outsourcing allows your company to focus mainly on the businesses that most concern it and those that are main. Also, it does not consume human or financial resources in areas other than the strategic ones for its main business. Thus, you get a better performance, avoiding unnecessary distractions from other tasks.
Reduces Risks
Outsourcing transfers part of the business risk of the main sectors, such as finance or new services, or those related to technology, to specialized external providers.
It also reduces risk and increases the ability to allocate resources to new projects by avoiding large initial investments in infrastructure and technology.
Increases Productivity
The service you have contracted will be carried out effectively and professionally through a company specialized in this area, reducing the execution time of the task so as not to waste time on staffing, training, and acquisition of equipment.
Doing the same job in less time considerably increases the productivity of your company. You do more, in less time.
More Flexibility
Outsourcing facilitates and leads your company to adapt to the current changing market inevitably and to negotiate services with external agents or third parties only when strictly necessary, such as in those functions that must be carried out seasonally.
Many businesses have found their way to success by taking Outsourcing companies as allies. Enjoying the services of specialized suppliers, who will focus on fulfilling that single assigned task (or tasks) they have and that are not part of the rest of the fixed expenses that a company has, is a gigantic opportunity to get more done for less. Delegate secondary tasks that, not because they are not primary, cease to be important.
Success is in those small details that a freelancer focused solely on that special task that has been assigned to them, such as a Data Coordinator, can carry out without any problem, unlike an employee who has more functions than they can count on above their shoulders.
With us, you can find guidance on more of these topics, by following us on our social media and checking out other articles on our blog, and a wide range of services: Recruitment and placement, Consulting, and especially Outsourcing.
At Freelance Latin America, we focus on doing win-win deals both with our team of freelancers, as well as with each client who approaches us with some requirements, and Outsourcing is the maximum expression of this: You get more activities done for less. And our freelancers get well-deserved compensation for their efficient and professional work.
Do you need to outsource a specific position? Do not hesitate to contact us, we will find the perfect match for you.
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