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15th July 2010: Could you benefit from outsourcing your job hunting?
I was reading today about someone in the US who outsourced their hunt for a new apartment and it got me wondering if this was something contractors (whether self-employed or working through umbrella companies) might find beneficial.
Okay there have been plenty of jokes over the years about "personal outsourcing" (the most famous of which is The Onion's "More American Workers Outsourcing Own Jobs Overseas" video), but the internet could be making it more of a reality than ever. I'm not talking really about the carrying out of any of your actual work, more the administration side, the parts you can't automate or pass over to umbrella companies like ourselves?
Job hunting is the most obvious area you could save time, hire someone to trawl the jobs boards for you, trimming out the duplicates and emailing the details to you each day? As a contractor you probably know better than most exactly what your time is worth, and you could be spending it by working longer, or spending time with your family. You could even have someone looking for your next contract while you're working on your current one.
You could do it with virtually any time intensive basic administration, maybe even looking for tools or equipment, just make sure you're the one who makes the final decision.
I'm just waiting for the day I can easily justify outsourcing remembering anniversaries and gift buying.
Hugo
@GabemUmbrella
15/07/2010
