Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

body shopping

Slovak translation:

získavanie pracovníkov z oblasti IT

Feb 17, 2011 16:59
13 yrs ago
English term

body shopping

GBK English to Slovak Bus/Financial IT (Information Technology)
Definition from ProZWiki:
The practice of using offshore resources and personnel to do small disaggregated tasks within a business environment without any broader intention to offshore an entire business function.
Example sentences:
End of body shopping boom in the name of Indian software. (India Daily)
Global "Body Shopping" explores how flexibility and uncertainty in the IT labor market are constructed and sustained through concrete human actions. (Princeton University Press)
During my career I had multiple discussions about the line between bodyshopping & consultancy. (KVaes)
Change log

Feb 17, 2011 16:51: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Feb 17, 2011 16:59: changed "Stage" from "Preparation" to "Submission"

Feb 20, 2011 17:56: changed "Stage" from "Submission" to "Selection"

Feb 28, 2011 23:54: changed "Stage" from "Selection" to "Completion"

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získavanie pracovníkov z oblasti IT

Definition from vikipedia:
Získavanie pracovníkov z oblasti informačných technológií pre krátkodobé servisné služby
Example sentences:
Nábor pracovníkov v oblasti IT v Írsku (Eolas recruitment)
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agree Slavomir BELIS
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agree Igor Liba
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body shopping

Definition from HP:
Rozvoj IT v Indii prešiel niekoľkými fázami.<br />Prvou bol „body shopping“, keď si firmy prenajímali<br />indických expertov, ktorí pracovali na projektoch<br />priamo u zákazníka „on-site“. V tomto období<br />dopyt po softvéri začína prudko rásť.
Example sentences:
Našou hlavnou stratégiou je získavanie alebo vlastná výchova špičkových odborníkov v oblasti ICT. Týchto odborníkov potom ponúkame v rámci personálneho outsourcingu našim zákazníkom (Body-shopping), alebo prostredníctvom týchto odborníkov realizujeme jednotlivo zverené SW projekty pre našich zákazníkov – outsourcing vývoja SW projektov, ako tiež zaisťujeme outsourcing prevádzky a rozvoja IT aplikácií (GSW)
Je to veľmi špecifický nábor pracovníkov z oblasti IT na krátku dobu - popísaný v angličtine na wikipedii: Body shopping is the practice of consultancy firms recruiting information technology workers in order to contract their services out on short-term bases. Regarded as legitimate consultancy by both the companies that practice it and by the people employed, body shopping is disparaged by those IT services companies in India that assert that they provide real services (such as software development) rather than the "sham" of merely farming out professionals to overseas companies. (Wikipedia)
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