Homesourcing also known as homeshoring is the transfer of service industry employment from offices to home based employees with appropriate telephone and Internet facilities . ref name mac cite web title New words work Macmillan English Dictionary url http www.macmillandictionary.com new words 050530 homeshoring.htm accessdate 2007 10 05 ref Homesourcing is best thought of as a combination of outsourcing and telecommuting . Homesourcing refers to hiring employee s or engaging independent contractor s. Homesourced workers are sometimes required to come to an office for training from time to time. Traditionally, employers were most likely to homeshore call centers and other customer service processes. However, this trend is changing as employers realize a wider variety of work is amenable to homeshoring. Knight Ridder Newspapers reports it s no longer just call centers and information technology jobs. Now it s architects, accountants, tax preparers and financial analysts. ref name kn cite journal first Kevin G. last Hall year 2006 not sure year month December 05 title Homeshoring Grows Companies Cut Costs by Shipping Jobs to Workers Homes journal Knight Ridder url http www.itpaa.org modules.php?name News&file article&sid 2062 ref According to researcher IDC Homesourcing is expanding by about 20 a year and homesourcing is on track to explode . ref name bw2 cite journal year 2006 month May 2 title Who s Helping Homeshore Workers? For people interested in jobs that allow flexible hours ... Data Group IDG . http www.idc.com about about.jsp ref Companies using homesourcing US,UK and European companies which have employed homesourcing personnel include center class wikitable style ... of homesourcing Worker preference homesourced workers often need to work from home or strongly prefer ... are unable to travel to a workplace. In popular culture An early example of homesourcing in fiction ... to her original feed. The mechanism for this homesourcing is not described technically, but it appears ... more details
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