More Businesses Are Outsourcing - To Rural and Small Town U.S.A.

This article is very interesting as it talks about an increase in a new trend called “ruralsourcing”. The way this is described is that many businesses are dealing with an increased workload with a greater demand from their customers. While this is great, businesses are still uncertain about the economy and do not want to put themselves in a position that they were before by having to do mass layoffs, so instead they are not hiring full-time employees quite yet. Ruralsourcing though is described as outsourcing jobs, but instead of outsourcing them to India or China, they are being outsourced to small, rural communities local throughout the United States. This is great news, because more jobs are available for more people, instead of sending them over to another country. I can say that I have seen this happen also at my place of employment due to our heavy workload and our owner not wanting to commit to additional full-time employees. We have been outsourcing to other sources, even competitors of ours, all working together. Besides from that outsourcing our employees are working overtime and there have been additional temporaries brought in to assist where capable. But I do question when I look at the dollar figures, how beneficial is this if not taken into account when the job is quoted. Is a profit still being obtained? If this can be a temporary fix I guess at least the customer is happy and still a customer of yours. This trendsetter of ruralsourcing is definitely a win-win situation for all involved and the recovery of the United States economy.