The emerging opportunities in the outsourcing sector is making the country self-sufficient. Thousands and millions of youths are now building their career in outsourcing. The country has a huge potential to be the world leader in outsourcing online jobs if skilled human resources is increased to a substantial number.
Experts opine that Bangladesh already stands in the second position in terms of outsourcing online jobs but due to a lack of adequate skilled manpower, the country is still far behind the number one position in the global market.
More manpower should be encouraged
in this sector by providing easy
loans from the banks
Silent revolution is taking place in this outsourcing sector. According to the 2019 report of the World Economic Forum, Bangladesh now ranks second in providing online service. The number of freelancers in the IT sector in Bangladesh is six lakh, which is about 26 percent of the world. Due to this Bangladesh is in second place in this sector. India is in the first position in terms of the number of freelancers.
There is near about 11 crore internet users in the country. Of these, 94 percent use mobile internet and only six percent use broadband internet. Broadband internet should be spread to the marginal level. We need to focus on creating skilled manpower. This skill must be based on the new technologies that came around the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Such as blockchain, robotics, artificial design.
The government should now express its will to offer more facilities for the freelancers. More manpower should be encouraged in this sector by providing easy loans from the banks so that more people get motivated and start their own freelancing business.
Being a freelancer in our country is not an easy task and those who are doing it are brilliant and treasured people. The government should now try to remove the barriers freelancers face, and our society should also accept this new form of profession.
