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August 17, 2004

In-sourcing Jobs

I received an interesting email last week from a person in India looking to become my remote virtual assistant, initiated as a cold-query by the sender. The business proposal was well crafted and targeted my specific online needs indicating the person had done research on my website.

The interesting part was the proposed pay rate at $9.00 per hour. That rate is as high or higher than I could pay to in-source a part-time person in my community or online domestically. In fact, with minimum wage at only $5.15 per hour, the average U.S. part-time rate, as reported in July 2003 averages $9.66.

Since I don't need or want a virtual assistance, the email was a moot point, however the concept seemed a potential for enterprising home-based part-timers.

Posted by Nan Russell at August 17, 2004 09:18 AM