e programmers living in the former Soviet Union and other Eastern block countries, as well as Third World countries who are able to “sell” their services directly to the businesses requiring those skills via several well-known websites.

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In the last 20 years, outsourcing certain categories of work has become the norm with many large businesses. This started with clerical work being done in India, for companies across the globe.

It just makes very good economic sense for business. In the US, the average minimum wage is four times higher than in developing countries. So some astute entrepreneurs saw a gap in the market. They realized they could hire skilled people in these countries; offer their services to large business even at half the current price these companies were paying their own work force to do the work and still make a profit.

However, outsourcing has always been considered the domain of big business only. But with the advent of the Internet, people and businesses with skills to offer others have been able to approach these companies themselves and thus cut out the “middle man” to a certain extent by using the Internet. Just one example of this form of outsourcing is all the programmers living in the former Soviet Union and other Eastern block countries, as well as Third World countries who are able to “sell” their services directly to the businesses requiring those skills via several well-known websites.

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usiness. In the US, the average minimum wage is four times higher than in developing countries. So some astute entrepreneurs saw a gap in the market. They realized they could hire skilled people in these countries; offer their services to large business even at half the current price these companies were paying their own work force to do the work and still make a profit.

However, outsourcing has always been considered the domain of big business only. But with the advent of the Internet, people and businesses with skills to offer others have been able to approach these companies themselves and thus cut out the “middle man” to a certain extent by using the Internet. Just one example of this form of outsourcing is all the programmers living in the former Soviet Union and other Eastern block countries, as well as Third World countries who are able to “sell” their services directly to the businesses requiring those skills via several well-known websites.

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e business even at half the current price these companies were paying their own work force to do the work and still make a profit.

However, outsourcing has always been considered the domain of big business only. But with the advent of the Internet, people and businesses with skills to offer others have been able to approach these companies themselves and thus cut out the “middle man” to a certain extent by using the Internet. Just one example of this form of outsourcing is all the programmers living in the former Soviet Union and other Eastern block countries, as well as Third World countries who are able to “sell” their services directly to the businesses requiring those skills via several well-known websites.

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Internet, people and businesses with skills to offer others have been able to approach these companies themselves and thus cut out the “middle man” to a certain extent by using the Internet. Just one example of this form of outsourcing is all the programmers living in the former Soviet Union and other Eastern block countries, as well as Third World countries who are able to “sell” their services directly to the businesses requiring those skills via several well-known websites.

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e programmers living in the former Soviet Union and other Eastern block countries, as well as Third World countries who are able to “sell” their services directly to the businesses requiring those skills via several well-known websites.

This, of course, works both ways. No matter how small your business may be, even a one-person home based business can now consider outsourcing some of its work. This is especially true in areas like software and website development; where the going US or First World wage costs are very high in comparison to what you can outsource it for elsewhere.

Now many of you may be thinking that the kind of work you may want done cannot be outsourced in some Third World country half way around the globe. Well it doesn’t have to be, you only have to think outside the box for you to make outsourcing work for you!

Right now there are so many people who have reached retirement age (or even been laid off through their companies outsourcing) who have unique skills you may be looking for in your own country. Remember, less than 20% of all people who retire can afford to retire. The rest must supplement their income in some way, be it from doing ‘extra work’ or counting on ‘