Training Native Employees with New Technologies Can Help Fight Stigma against Offshoring
In a blog post at Computer World, Eric Berridge writes that offshoring industry ad everyone involved in it, whether for or against it need to look towards the IT of future rather of the past. He mentions that social media, cloud computing and other next generation technologies have created newer realities that cannot be wished away. Companies that look towards offshoring destinations for IT solutions tend to feel a pinch of guilt at saving money at the cost of home grown talent.
Nevertheless, at the end of the day a company would need to survive each fiscal year in order to pay its own employees. This leaves managers with the tough decision to outsource IT related work to offshoring locations. This however may not be something that should worry employees. Technologies that are growing at a tremendous speed can be utilized in a way that helps native employees, while also creating jobs.
Training is what is most important to tackle the bias against offshoring, and that training must be given to native employees who would naturally be better equipped to continue working should their jobs be offshored. U.S. has the technical superiority and also research advantage which would enable American companies to train their home grown employees with newer technologies. Older but necessary technology-related jobs can then be offshored so that the American job force becomes more dynamic and forward looking in nature.
It is no longer necessary to hire an America employee to code in Java, when the same can be done at a fraction of a cost elsewhere. While that job is outsourced to a country a world away, the employee can be trained for an emerging technology whose skills are not available in other countries. This would leave American employees with a competitive advantage and keep the technical industry dynamic and ever moving.
Stagnancy, job insecurity and redundancy can be avoided if the top level mangers choose to train their home grown employees with newer technologies, while outsourcing what is perceived as old but very essential. It is still a controversial thought, but now that offshoring is here to stay, it is the responsibility of top level managers to give back something to the employees that remained with them all along until offshoring took off. At the end of the day, training leaves everyone happy.
You could get in touch with any of our professional developers, programmers and techies by contacting us directly at Distant Jobs toll free at 1-888-886-7343. International clients can reach us at 514-816-4146 or visit our Web Development and IT Outsourcing Agency website at Distantjob.com.
Author
