The document discusses outsourcing, offshoring, and trends in employment. Outsourcing involves hiring other companies to do work, while offshoring refers to outsourcing work to foreign companies. Both can reduce costs for companies. Offshoring is common in the UK IT industry. The document also notes that trends are changing quickly, requiring people to engage in lifelong learning to remain employable as demand for freelancers increases and job switching becomes more common.

1. Presentation §4 1. Outsourcing 2. Offshoring 3. Extra information

2. – Meaning: when companies hire freelancers or other companies to do part of the work for them – Advantages: 1. Companies can focus on their core business; 2. To reduce costs. 1. Outsourcing

3. ...

4. 2. Offshoring – Meaning: outsourcing work to foreign companies in foreign countries – Advantages for offshoring are the same as outsourcing – Offshoring in UK happens mostly in the IT business

5. Results...? – Quick change of trends – People need to keep up – Life-long learning to keep people employable – Increasing demand for freelancers – People switch jobs swiftly

6. Additional information Example: TNT Post