Off Shoring Experiences.
The past few years have heralded what would seem to be the new era of off shoring here in Australia. Numerous large Australian corporations made the big decision to off shore a lot of their IT functionalities to various countries such as India and China in an attempt to capitalize on cheaper labor costs in those countries. I aim to explore the impact of such decisions in the Australian ERP market place and who is really affected by it.
The decision to off shore IT functionalities by Australian corporations created an influx of candidates primarily within the technical space. A lot of developers got relinquished back into the market place as companies off shored any ERP development work that they had. The combination of a decline in the Technical positions available, coupled with the increased number of candidates in the market resulted in not only a reduction on salary expectations but also an increasingly competitive job market amongst technical consultants. Luckily, and unlike their technical counterparts, Functional Consultants were not greatly affected by this as businesses chose to retain their consultants due to the necessity for them to work closely with business users and stakeholders on a regular basis. Read more…
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