這個商務英語新聞播客探討了離岸工作的主題. “Offshoring” means to move part of a company’s operations (通常支援財務或人力資源等職能) to another country – literally “off shore.” Another commonly used term related to this topic is “outsourcing” – this means to use a different company to handle some supporting tasks. 主要區別在於外包並不一定意味著工作是在不同的國家完成的.
離岸外包的話題, 或外包工作到海外, 這些天肯定很流行, 西歐和北美的許多人非常擔心這種做法會導致他們國家的就業機會減少. 然而, our story details a report from a well know management consultancy that concludes these concerns may be exaggerated or “overblown.”
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