One place for outsourcing guides, tools, research, and templates.
Use this hub when you need the next page fast: a guide, calculator, scorecard, research brief, comparison, or role path.
What do you need to do next?
Choose the task in front of you and open the page built for it. Each path uses a working tool, checklist, or template already in the library.
Prepare the evidence before work moves.
Use these records to make the source, limits, review, and owner decision visible before a task moves forward.
Start with the question you are trying to answer.
These guides help you prepare a clear handoff. They do not move approval, access, spending, customer, or provider decisions away from the accountable owner.
Recent work from the Source.
Six recently published or revised articles and research briefs, ordered by the dates stored on each page.
First virtual assistant checklist before you hire
Use this first virtual assistant checklist to define tasks, SOPs, access, success measures, and a 30-day review plan before you interview or hire.
Read articleUpdated article ·Remote team management system: the weekly operating rhythm
A practical remote team management system for founders with offshore assistants, SOPs, scorecards, and weekly reviews.
Read articleUpdated research brief ·Remote training ROI scorecard: make the first task reviewable
A source-bounded research brief for training offshore support around one checkable task, a real work sample, and an owner-held decision about what changes next.
Open research briefUpdated article ·Delegation system for founders: get work out of your head
A founder delegation system for recurring decisions, SOPs, review rules, and ownership.
Read articleUpdated article ·Offshore team training plan for 30 days
A practical offshore training plan with SOPs, examples, review rules, scorecards, and milestones.
Read articleUpdated article ·Outsourcing foundations: build the system before you hire
A practical outsourcing foundations guide for founders who need clean roles, safe access, and a 30-day pilot before handing off work.
Read articleOpen a current working record for the decision in front of you.
These pages were added most recently to the library. Use one to prepare a decision for its owner or hold a task until the missing detail is clear.
Pick the shelf that matches the decision in front of you.
OutsourcedU is not a provider directory. It is a planning library for owners who want cleaner handoffs before they hire.
Learning hub
Pick the right guide, tool, resource, or service path without digging through the full site.
Open this sectionPlanningGuides
Use plain guides for first roles, SOPs, handoffs, ethics, and provider decisions.
Open this sectionDefinitionsOutsourcing glossary
Look up BPO, SLA, EOR, managed services, seat leasing, and quality sampling before you compare providers.
Open this sectionBenchmarksResearch
Read source-backed briefs with charts, ranges, and notes you can check before a decision.
Open this sectionToolsCalculators and checkers
Estimate cost, score readiness, check SOPs, and compare provider proposals.
Open this sectionTemplatesResources
Open scorecards, quote briefs, onboarding packets, access checklists, and worksheets.
Open this sectionPlanning papersWhite papers library
Browse planning papers, worksheets, scorecards, and research briefs without fake download claims.
Open this sectionProvider discoveryBPO directory vetting guide
Use directories as a starting list, then check paid placement, provider fit, access risk, review ownership, and handoff scope before asking for quotes.
Open this sectionDecision stageComparisons
Compare provider paths, hiring models, roles, countries, and next steps before asking for quotes.
Open this sectionRole pathsRoles directory
Choose the first role to hand off, then match it to the right guardrails and trial task.
Open this sectionWork categoriesFunctions hub
Compare admin, support, sales ops, marketing, software, finance, payroll, HR, research, and agency delivery work before choosing the exact role.
Open this sectionCountry planningLocation guides
Compare Philippines, LATAM, and Colombia planning notes, role fit, cost inputs, and management questions before choosing where to hire.
Open this sectionDaily readingArticle library
Read longer playbooks with examples, FAQs, sources, and links back to useful tools.
Open this sectionOpen the role guide that matches the work you are considering.
Use these role pages before you write a job post or ask a provider for pricing. Each guide keeps owner-only decisions separate from safe assistant work.
Virtual assistant
Use when inbox, calendar, CRM cleanup, research, and weekly reporting are the first handoff.
Open role guideSupportCustomer service representative
Use when tickets, order questions, saved replies, and manager review are already documented.
Open role guideOperationsOperations assistant
Use when recurring checklists, status updates, vendor follow-ups, and weekly owner reviews need one owner.
Open role guideHRRecruiting coordinator
Use when interview scheduling, candidate follow-ups, scorecards, and handoff notes are slowing the hiring team.
Open role guideFinanceBookkeeper support specialist
Use when receipts, reconciliations, invoice prep, and exception lists need cleanup before owner approval.
Open role guideFinanceAccountant support assistant
Use when month-end prep, document chasing, reports, and review packets need structure without handing off money decisions.
Open role guideMarketingSocial media support assistant
Use when drafts, scheduling, asset organization, comment triage, and reporting need help while strategy stays with the owner.
Open role guideMarketingPPC specialist support assistant
Use when ad buildout, search-term cleanup, reporting, and QA checklists need support before campaign-owner approval.
Open role guideTurn the role into a first plan.
Pick the next check you need. These four steps help you test role fit, estimate the work, set a safe first task, or review the plan with someone else.
Use these five pages before a provider call.
Pick a safe role, score the handoff, test the cost, write the brief, then compare replies with the same fields.
Pick the safest role
Open this page when you are ready for the next planning step.
Step 2Score the first role
Open this page when you are ready for the next planning step.
Step 3Estimate role cost
Open this page when you are ready for the next planning step.
Step 4Write the quote brief
Open this page when you are ready for the next planning step.
Step 5Compare provider replies
Open this page when you are ready for the next planning step.
Bring your role, scope, and quote questions into one review.
After you choose the work, check the handoff and cost, and build the brief, you can request a planning review. You can still change the provider path and stage in the form.