| The traditional list of countries, to outsource jobs to, | | | | need their tasks done promptly and effectively. The |
| includes such countries as India, Russia, China, | | | | country possesses a great potential and specialists in |
| Philippines, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Belarus and | | | | various fields, with nearly every second person having |
| some other countries. | | | | a higher education. The number of offshore and IT |
| While choosing a certain country, to outsource jobs to, | | | | companies in Minsk, the capital, is overwhelming. Indeed, |
| many Americans are guided by the advice of their | | | | most of the IT companies, located in the country are |
| friends and colleagues, or by the common belief that | | | | outsourcing. All of the graduates of higher education |
| India is the best country for outsourcing. However, India | | | | speak at least one foreign language, most often |
| is not the only option here. Better say, for the US | | | | English. The IT professionals almost all speak decent |
| companies India is not the best country for outsourcing | | | | English and are constantly upgrading their language |
| processes. And here are the reasons why. | | | | skills. Formerly a collectivistic country, Belarus has |
| First of all, USA and India are countries with an | | | | quickly grown individualistic in the last fifteen years with |
| absolutely opposite culture. The most obvious | | | | all the values of the western mind. Although it still |
| oppositions between India and the USA are: | | | | retains some of the eastern features, the country is |
| East-West, collectivistic-individualistic, time is | | | | much more West-oriented. |
| abundant-time is money, deadlines are | | | | As long as the economy of Belarus is only developing, |
| offending-working to deadlines, indefinite-definite, artful | | | | you will be surprised to find out that the outsourcing |
| (from the point of view of a | | | | firms offer great cost-reduction plans. It is not only the |
| westerner)-straightforward, and some other | | | | low prices, but also the high quality of the services, |
| peculiarities. This is by no means to say, that India is a | | | | which attracts customers from the USA, who already |
| bad country with a bad culture. No, no, and no. There is | | | | outsource jobs to Belarus. The business relationships in |
| no such definition as a bad culture. It is just different, | | | | Belarus are based on trust, teamwork and technology. |
| and it is not always easy for an American to | | | | Also, it should be noted that the time-zone, in which the |
| understand the mentality of an average Indian. | | | | country is situated, is much more favorable for |
| Although India possesses a great pool of highly skilled | | | | outsourcing jobs than Indian or Chinese. Some of the |
| workers, the problems which mostly arise concern the | | | | businesses even offer almost full business-hours time |
| communication sphere. | | | | overlap with the USA. Outsource jobs to Belarus, and |
| One of the "good" countries for the US to outsource | | | | you will get the quality of services at a reasonable |
| jobs to is Belarus. Located in the geographical center | | | | price. |
| of Europe, Belarus is a great choice for those who | | | | |