Offshore Staffing is the practice of hiring employees overseas to take up some part of your business operations. Offshoring is a method of outsourcing that has been around for a long time. Its origin dates back to the 1960s, when developed nations offshored manufacturing services to other countries. Lee Kuan Yew, the then Prime Minister read more

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  • Hiring Tech Professionals Offshore or Outsource- Which is Better?  

    Hiring Tech Professionals Offshore or Outsource- Which is Better?  

    A  2021 report by McKinsey & Company reveals that 87% of the companies worldwide are skeptical of a skill gap within their organization. While 43% of the respondents believe they are already faced with a skill shortage, 22% said they anticipate one in the next two years. As a result, many companies rely on overseas talent […]

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  • Three Factors to a Successful Digital Transformation. What’s your balance?

    Three Factors to a Successful Digital Transformation. What’s your balance?

    In today’s fast-paced business environment, digital transformation has become a top priority for organizations across industries. However, achieving a successful digital transformation is not an easy task. Organizations must overcome several challenges to realize the benefits of a more digital future. Over time, it has been seen that three factors are crucial to achieving a […]

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  • Digital Learning: What, Why, and How 

    Digital Learning: What, Why, and How 

    Thriving in the digital age requires the right combination of talent and technology. To stay competitive in the market, you need to quickly and constantly upskill your employees, but with minimum time to spare! So, how to balance the bowl between these two expectations? Simple, take the smarter route of Digital Learning. “Online learning is […]

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  • The Great Upgrade: An Opportunity to Upgrade Your IT Talent 

    The Great Upgrade: An Opportunity to Upgrade Your IT Talent 

    Did you know? The offshore staffing agencies enable businesses to leverage their cost advantage by saving 40-60% on hiring compared to onshore recruitment. Offshore staffing solutions provide an excellent opportunity for companies to upgrade their IT talent at nominal rates. The Great Upgrade offers a window of opportunity for mid-to-large enterprises to reimagine recruitment. Even […]

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  • Quantifying the benefits of Offshoring: A detailed comparison between Indian & US Salaries

    Quantifying the benefits of Offshoring: A detailed comparison between Indian & US Salaries

    The 1990s presented a tough time for America as organizations faced a colossal skill gap due to the advent of the tech revolution. That’s when US employers first turned to Indian talent for assistance. Since then, the trend has only gotten more assertive, and today, India ranks among the most sought-after countries for offshore business […]

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  • Myths V/s Facts- Offshore Recruitment Services

    Myths V/s Facts- Offshore Recruitment Services

    Offshore recruitment process outsourcing is one of the most efficient business strategies today. However, several HR leaders still shy away from deploying the model due to several myths plaguing its image. As an outcome, they miss out on a huge opportunity to add value to their business. If you’re also on the fence, trying to […]

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  • Latest Offshore Staffing Trends to Keep a Tab On

    Latest Offshore Staffing Trends to Keep a Tab On

    The term ‘offshore outsourcing’ was coined in the 1900s by economists when only some of the basic ‘blue collar’ jobs were exported. Gradually, as the offshore staffing technique evolved to encompass a broader range of services, employers started following the offshoring staffing trends for ‘white collar’ jobs. Fast-forward to the mid-20s, the tech revolution witnessed […]

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  • How does offshore staffing benefit your business? 

    How does offshore staffing benefit your business? 

    Offshore Staffing is the practice of hiring employees overseas to take up some part of your business operations. Offshoring is a method of outsourcing that has been around for a long time. Its origin dates back to the 1960s, when developed nations offshored manufacturing services to other countries. Lee Kuan Yew, the then Prime Minister […]

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  • Offshore Staffing Solutions – The Ideal Strategy for Hiring IT Talent

    Offshore Staffing Solutions – The Ideal Strategy for Hiring IT Talent

    An organization’s true lifeblood is its workforce, which collectively operates strategically to attain the enterprise objective. Securing competent, highly skilled, and reliable talent is an arduous affair, and most Human Resource Managers are familiar with this. Hiring and retaining employees is another challenging task that managers battle almost frequently in today’s business landscape. However, hiring […]

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  • What Is the New Normal?

    What Is the New Normal?

    When the COVID-19 threat is finally over (or significantly diminishes), what will normal work and life look like? It’s unrealistic to think that overnight we’ll suddenly revert to the way things were in the middle of 2019. An Associated Press article that appeared recently in the Chicago Tribune (Nations charting the path to normalcy) quoted several governments […]

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  • What I learned from working from home

    What I learned from working from home

    There is no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the workplace. I recently read a finding from Gartner that 88% of Americans who are currently working are working from home. For many, this is uncharted territory. I have worked from home for most of the last decade. Here are a few things, I have learned from experience. […]

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  • Getting from onsite to remote

    Getting from onsite to remote

    In my previous blog post, I described how rushing to convert instructor-led training to self-paced eLearning may not be the most effective approach for your learners or your organization. But what else are you going to do given the constraints of sheltering in place and social distancing?   Probably the quickest solution is to have the […]

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  • The Rush to eLearning

    The Rush to eLearning

    Given the COVID-19 pandemic, remote learning has become more important than ever. Every day, new offers appear in my Inbox. “We can help you convert all your instructor-led training into eLearning. We can do it faster and cheaper than anyone else.” Well, Mastech Digital could do that too, but we will not. In the rush […]

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  • Immersive Technologies in Learning

    Immersive Technologies in Learning

    A recent ATD (Association for Talent Development) Learning Technologies newsletter featured an article titled “Applications and Drawbacks of Immersive Learning Tech” by Danielle Wallace (no relation). The term “Immersive Technologies” encompasses Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Virtual Reality uses a computer-generated environment programmed to simulate a person’s physical presence in that environment and is designed […]

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  • Graph Databases | Mapping Out Connections

    Graph Databases | Mapping Out Connections

    A relational database has been the backend of business systems for many years. However, the past decade witnessed an evolution of Big Data that is bigger in volume and structurally varied, leading to the NoSQL movement. Volumes of customer data gathered from disparate sources had to be integrated to provide crucial insights. This could be […]

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  • Informatica Data Integration | Intelligent Cloud Services – Issues & Best Practices

    Informatica Data Integration | Intelligent Cloud Services – Issues & Best Practices

    Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS) is the cloud-based data integration platform that provides various features such as enterprise data integration, application integration, and API management between cloud and on-premise systems. This Informatica Data Integration platform brings in faster time-to-value (TTV) against your investment in a data integration tool. You don’t need to buy software licenses […]

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  • Artificial Intelligence & Digital Business Transformation

    Artificial Intelligence & Digital Business Transformation

    Artificial Intelligence & Digital Business Transformation Although Artificial Intelligence has been a buzzword for quite some time now, the positive impact it enables for businesses keeps growing with each year. Across industries, Artificial Intelligence is facilitating true digital business transformation, allowing businesses to take their operations to the next level and deliver more tailored, more […]

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  • The Need for Performance Support

    The Need for Performance Support

    Do you ever find yourself looking in a dictionary? I did just the other day. Ever so often, I need to check the precise meaning of a word or a variant spelling. That could lead to the question, “What’s wrong with you? Didn’t you learn vocabulary and spelling in school?” Sure, we all did, but […]

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  • Data & Analytics | Key Trends in 2019

    Data & Analytics | Key Trends in 2019

    2018 has been a great year for business intelligence. The proliferation of internet-based technologies led to a data explosion and the concept of big data became even more prevalent. Businesses gained access to the cloud, interactive business dashboards replaced spreadsheets, and much more occurred. Now, data quality services and management practices, data discovery techniques, and […]

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