Outsourcing: Need of the hour for the IT Industry

With the frequent changes in the Technology curve, a major concern to the ISV( Independent software vendors) and the OPD(offshore product development) companies in the world is to match the 'Resource-Skill' demand of the Industry. Considering this situation, it’s a fruitful option to consider outsourcing to match this demand-supply gap. The leading Indian companies in offshore business provide regular trainings and update their resources by maximizing the domain of technology. Even in case of specific requirements, they hire team with required technology.

Inadequacy of resource or the skill set is not the maiden reason which leads to outsourcing but allowing the best person to do the required work at most effective price is the prime reason of existence of outsourcing.

Globalization and technological enhancement have removed the distance constraint of establishing an offshore team. Using effective technology we can connect with an offshore team sitting miles away and interact in real time like dealing with someone sitting next to you. Companies working in offshore world provide effective timings to the employees so they can manage the time-lap between different time-zones.

Off-shoring has been proven as a major reason of success for companies in every domain. They not only manage to reduce costs but also been able to optimize the productivity along with exploring and adding new future possibilities of business expansion. Sometimes, companies are reluctant to consider outsourcing, they can use the POC (Proof of Concept)  to understand and analyse the working of outsourcing companies.

Exploring to the new horizon is always an add-on benefit if capitalised efficiently. Offshore is no longer used to reduce costs but its gradually moving towards availability of most capable and well experienced skilled resources in the world.

Answer Cold Call – Don’t Lose Golden Opportunity

Answer the Cold Call – Don’t Lose the Golden Opportunity

We tend to read numerous articles on how to pitch for cold call, how to make your cold calling fruitful, tricks and techniques of cold calling. But an important concern is – How to answer the cold call.

Believe it or not but a just one cold call can give your business a complete 360® turn. A recall on past business relationships suggests that more than 75 percentage of these work started from a cold call which was received from a company’s representative for introducing their services.

Being on other side of the Phone: how to handle the cold call effectively

What if you have missed that cold call? Or if you have ignored that cold call? Or didn’t take it seriously... But it’s not possible to answer each and every cold call received daily. If done so, it will cost you huge on you productivity hours for attending such calls.

Use it for Networking

Rather than avoiding the call it’s better to tackle the call effectively and use it for effective networking, get a chance to make yourself aware about the new solutions or services available in the market or what the competitors are doing. 

Use it as Solution Provider

These solutions can be handy in tough situation where you really need a solution to a problem. Quick review on the information shared during the cold can help you in find relevant response to a problem.  Let them analyse your pain point, get the tentative solutions and figure out the scope for improvement in your current working.

Clear the Agenda

Be clear about the call; what is relevant to your current working and what is not. And if you are not willing to share your details then ask for generic information from the person calling you to introduce services.