| The growing availability of homeshoring
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| | Simple queries were frustrating enough
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| jobs is an outward sign of a mini
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| | but, people seeking specialised advice,
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| "industrial revolution" which is taking
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| | (eg things such as technical help with a
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| place in the customer service industry of
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| | computer issue) were outraged at the
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| the United States and Canada.
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| | level of assistance the companies in
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| Homeshoring companies are looking for
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| | question were providing.
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| people to fill home based customer
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| | Of course, dissatisfied customers did not
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| service agent positions all over the USA
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| | return to companies where they had
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| and Canada. Being able to find home-based
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| | experienced such low levels of customer
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| employment will help many people caught
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| | service, and the companies' profits
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| in the poverty trap of low/fixed incomes
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| | showed something was seriously wrong.
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| because of difficult circumstances. These
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| | Shareholders in the companies were not at
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| people include many stay-at-home parents
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| | all happy, so something had to be done to
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| who can't go out to work because the cost
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| | achieve improved levels of customer
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| of childcare is prohibitive. Work at home
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| | satisfaction.
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| jobs will also help disabled persons,
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| | Homeshoring Virtual Careers
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| students and senior citizens who need
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| | Customers scored a resounding victory
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| extra income to eke out their pensions.
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| | over the industries with poor customer
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| What Is Homeshoring?
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| | service records, but companies did not
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| Homeshoring describes the practice of
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| | want to go back to the former system of
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| using home-based telecommuting staff to
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| | staffing call centers. After all, the
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| handle call center work. Jobs which were
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| | outsourcing experiment started partly
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| previously outsourced to overseas centers
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| | because of the high overheads involved in
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| and filled by foreign workers are now
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| | employing staff to work in physical call
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| being kept onshore.
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| | centers. Fortunately (for people who want
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| Outsourcing was a huge trend in the
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| | to work at home as well as for the
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| 1990's because foreign labour was much
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| | companies who want to save money) the
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| cheaper and companies could also save a
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| | Internet offers a solution in the form of
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| lot of money on overheads incurred in
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| | virtual assistance work at home.
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| buying and maintaining buildings to
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| | Instead of companies having actual call
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| accommodate staff. Customer service
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| | centers, people who want to work at home
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| workers in the United States were hit
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| | set up their own "virtual call centers"
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| hard by job losses, but the balance has
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| | in their home and offer their services
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| altered and home-based customer service
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| | for virtual assistance jobs. The only
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| agents are once again needed.
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| | equipment needed to set up a basic home
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| Homeshoring and Customer Satisfaction
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| | call center is a dedicated phone line and
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| Homeshoring is a great example of how
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| | a personal computer with high speed
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| customer opinion can make a dramatic
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| | Internet connection.
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| change to the way big businesses work.
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| | This mini industrial revolution is
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| Customers got totally fed up with being
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| | quietly changing the lives of many people
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| forced to deal with agents at foreign
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| | who are finding employment at home
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| call centers because of the difficulty in
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| | through homeshoring companies.
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| understanding what they were saying.
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