What are the main differences between freelancing and outsourcing?
The noise of freelancing in our country has been very noisy for years. The work was started by BDOSN, then it awarded another freelancing award from Basis. But many do not have a clear idea of the matter.
Freelancing profession but not new, freelance columnist, journalist, photographer. They do that, do not work in a particular organization, sell their skills to different organizations, wherever they get work. Now, the welfare of the Internet has spread worldwide.
Someone in London might open a new business, his logo would need to be designed, if he had done it to someone in London, it would have cost $ 25, but a Bangladeshi girl, whether a freelance designer, would make it to $ 5. Or if a company in America would create a mobile app, if they had given it to an American software company, it would have cost US $ 5,000, the Bangladeshi software maker company would have done it for $ 5.
It also happens that the workload of a software company in Canada is increasing; The last thing is called outsourcing. That means doing something to another company without having to do it yourself, or without having to hire extra people in your company.
Due to the internet, this freelance outsourcing has gone beyond the geographical boundaries. There are several online marketplaces, where work is available through bidding, and you are guaranteed to get paid when the job is done properly. That's why the marketplace keeps a commission (usually around 5% or so). In Bangladesh too many young people are now involved in freelancing. There is a lot of content on the internet about freelancing, there are even books in Bangla.
Freelancing -vs- Outsourcing
"I'm trying to make a difference very simply. Freelance or free career, Freelancer who is a freelance professional. It is a man-made activity with no employer assigned. A freelance professional is a self-employed worker or professional at the same time.
And outsourcing is the source of work for those freelance professionals, from where the different types of jobs are divided into different parts by contracting with the freelance professionals in the bid process and coordinates and completes the main work and it is an organizational process. Freelancing is a personal process. "
"Freelancing is a free and open job. There is no barrier to that. When you want
Outsourcing is the use of one means by another, while another is done through a contract."