Offshore outsourcing is a process, whereby companies open "secondary" offices in countries like India. With such offshore outsourcing offices in India, companies such as Microsoft, Oracle and HP can outsource their work from the US to India. The practice of offshore outsourcing is however dominated only by multinational corporations. This is because offshore outsourcing is simply not viable for small to medium sized firms. (Related Article: Why Offshore Outsourcing independently is not viable for 99% of companies).

VirtualEmployee.com however enables all companies, irrespective of size to outsource. VirtualEmployee.com is an outsourcing service provider based in India and is the crucial intermediate third party that enables SME's to outsource and actually hire employees from India:

Cost: The complete typical cost when you outsource and employ a full time employee with VirtualEmployee.com is $895-$1495 per month. This fee is inclusive of all outsourcing services, .e.g. full time employee, management, hardware, office space...etc. When outsourcing with VirtualEmployee.com no investment in PC's, office space, recruitment...etc is necessary.

Time and Effort: VirtualEmployee.com does the "outsourcing" so you don't have to. When you outsource with VirtualEmployee.com, VirtualEmployee.com recruits your employee. The employee you hire, then works from the VirtualEmployee.com office where they are provided with everything they require to work for you remotely e.g. new PC, fax, scanner, fast internet connection, phone with local US or European number...etc.

All further offshore outsourcing logistics are also catered for by VirtualEmployee.com, i.e., management and supervision of your employee, paying your employee, 24/7 technical support...etc.

Hence, you simply inform VirtualEmployee.com of the position you seek to outsource and VirtualEmployee.com takes care of everything from there.

Setting Up Abroad: When you outsource with VirtualEmployee.com, you can outsource any work, all from your PC. You don't: i) leave your country ii) hire/purchase an office iii) purchase any technology or office equipment iv) do any research...etc.

Understanding a new Culture: You don't have to leave your country when outsourcing with VirtualEmployee.com. Subsequently, when you outsource with VirtualEmployee.com, you do not need to understand a new culture/customs.

Recruitment of employees: VirtualEmployee.com recruits the employee you want. You simply provide VirtualEmployee.com with a job description for the position you want to outsource. VirtualEmployee.com then searches and recruits candidates that are suitable for the position you are outsourcing.

Quantity of work: The time, money and effort required to set up offices abroad makes offshore outsourcing small quantities of work unrealistic and not cost effective. When outsourcing with VirtualEmployee.com however, the client utilizes VirtualEmployee.com's outsourcing infrastructure. With VirtualEmployee.com offshore outsourcing even small quantities of work is thus made feasible and cost-effective. This is because VirtualEmployee.com passes onto you the cost benefits of our office's economies of scale.

Summary: When offshore outsourcing with VirtualEmployee.com all the "outsourcing" is done for you; you outsource by using VirtualEmployee.com's resources, base, infrastructure and hardware. Outsourcing is thus made easy, low costing, realistic and for anyone; you outsource work to a dedicated employee but need not be concerned with any offshore outsourcing logistics.