RURAL SOURCING

We’ve all heard of outsourcing. Well, in the US a new trend is taking hold; Rural Sourcing.

Also called “rural outsourcing” and “onshoring,” CNNMoney.com reports, ruralsourcing outsources work to small, rural towns where the cost of living is low, but many people are out of work. By hiring workers in these areas, companies pay between 25 and 50 percent less than they would if hiring workers in an urban area.

Onshore Technology Services is a rural outsourcing company with locations in Macon, Lebanon and Joplin, Missouri. It recruits workers out of minimum-wage jobs and trains them to handle IT jobs. In Burnsville, Minnesota, CrossUSA recruits older IT workers who are closing in on retirement.  The company is growing by 7 percent annually. Atlanta-based Rural Sourcing Inc. takes a slightly different tack: It opens locations in midsized cities near colleges, which have a good population of IT workers but still have lower living costs than big cities. The company has clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 firms.

via [ CNN Money]

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