Outsource Your Time Away: Extra Hands Can Help Everyone

Outsourcing is a time management tool that is becoming increasingly more popular. Creating a work/life balance from both the business and personal perspectives has its merits. Providing employee benefits or managing a to-do list has become a modern day necessity. Over the last 10 years 88% of employees said their job required time to work longer hours and 68% complained of having to work at faster speeds. There is a need to de-stress ourselves and outsource our to-do list errands. The bridge between work and life balance can be achieved with the assistance of the concierge and errand services in your area. Embracing the outsourcing concept provided by these services will literally change your life.

Murrieta, CA (PRWEB) April 22, 2006 -- Everyone needs more hands and more time. There has to be someone to pass the buck to. Do what everyone else is doing - outsourcing. Fact number one: there are only 24 hours in a day. Fact number two: everyone needs sleep and Fact number three: time waits for no man. Time flies! We all have had an experience of not being able to complete all that we need to do in a day and we deal with frustration as a result.

Dual income families, executives, lawyers, senior citizens, busy professionals, commuters, and others are prime candidates for outsourcing many of their mundane, and quite frankly, boring errands. As a matter of fact, the mere idea of an errand preoccupies thoughts and actions during the course of a work day. The balance needs to be found between work and life. It is up to the employer to adopt work/life strategies based on the evidence of positive returns to the bottom line, the positive returns to employees, their families, and to society. GMAC found that work/life programs helped reduce turnover, absenteeism, and lateness on the job.

Work/life strategies are not new. For over 2 decades many companies have struggled to help employees balance the competing responsibilities of working life and personal or family life. The dramatic changes in demographics, families, economics, and organizations have reshaped the country and businesses over the past several years. Correspondingly, the nature of families and households has changed. Almost half of all US workers are part of dual income families and over 50% of the working population is female. The work force consist of an aging American population where the workload and stress places a growing burden on employees. A Business Week survey in 1996 found that 42% of respondents said work has a negative impact on home life. Many studies have shown that stress is costly in terms of lost productivity and increased health care cost.

Work/life investments generate three winners: the business, the employee, and society. American Express’s investment in developing resources for their employees returned $2.50 for every dollar spent. Employees rated these services 4.5 out of 5 in terms of satisfaction. The conclusion, happy workers make happy bottom lines.

Work/life strategies are initiatives by employers to attract a talented workforce, make the employees productive, and provide the business a competitive edge. This enables employees to balance responsibilities at work with obligations and opportunities in their personal lives. A low cost strategy available to employers and employees is concierge and errand services. These types of strategies pay off in many ways for the business because employers can: attract and hold talent; increase productivity; strengthen employee loyalty; strengthen families and contribute to a better educated workforce. It is imperative to recognize that what happens in an employee’s personal life and at home influences productivity at work, and what happens at work affects an employee’s personal life.

There is no invisible wall between work life and home life. Business success depends on strategies that enable employees to succeed in both arenas. Work/life is a win-win strategy for all parties involved. Some statistics: 1997 National Study of the Changing Workforce families and Work Institute revealed 88% of employees said their job required them to work longer hours and 68% complained of having to work at faster speeds. In 2000 Americans worked 1 month longer than the Japanese and 3 months longer than the Germans according to the International Labor Organization. Another 64% of Americans reported time pressures on working families are getting worse according to the National Partnership for Women and Families in a Family Matters Survey in 1998; An unprecedented 70% of working fathers and mothers reported they did not have enough time with their children as reported by the 1997 Study of the Changing Workforce, Families and Work Institute .

There is no doubt that both business and personal outsourcing will be a definite part of the future. There are more responsibilities with careers, children, family members, and household chores. There is not even enough time to take care of personal concerns. Meeting all the demands placed on time is becoming virtually impossible. The work/life balance is askew and there is no immediate solution, except for outsourcing to help solve the problems.

The logical outcome of the current pattern of affairs is stress. Without going into detail, stress is the underlying cause of many problems, both physiological and psychological. A person is limited in what can be done to combat the ills of modern society, but they can outsource. People need to free themselves from those mundane, tedious, daily, time-robbing chores and errands that must be done somehow. Outsourcing ensures quality time for family, friends, self, and leiskure. One must de-stress and outsource as a way to guarantee that the to-do list is appropriately managed.

Concierge and Errand opportunities are appearing nationwide to meet the growing demands on time. In 1985 there were only 50 concierge and errand businesses, whereas, in 2004, there were over 5000 such businesses and the numbers keep growing as the demand for the services increases and people wise up to the help that is available..

Within the Inland Empire Valley area, Inland Empire Concierge & Errand Service is open for business and available to service all needs. To contact the owner, Carol McClaron, call 951-677-1249 or visit the website at www.inlandempireconcierge.com.

The following types of services are available, but are not limited to:: grocery/personal shopping; courier/messenger; house sitting; elder care check ins; prescriptions; computer research; movie rentals; dry cleaning; lunch/dinner delivery; and post office. These services, and others, can be offered as an employee benefit or as a personal benefit. As an employee benefit it is an excellent means of recruitment, retention, and boosting employee morale, and as a personal benefit it is the perfect answer to a work/life balance, stress reduction, leisure time opportunities, and family togetherness.

Embracing the outsourcing concept provided by the concierge and errand services in your area will literally change your life. Don’t wait for Inland Empire Concierge & Errand Services to call you, be proactive and call them to sign up for services.. You do not have to be a business to call, individuals are welcome. Their aim is to exceed and go beyond expectations.

About the owner: Carol McClaron is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. She is also a graduate of UC Berkeley, with an MBA from the University of San Diego. Carol has taught several business courses at Mesa Community College and has a background in real estate and tax preparation. With a special education teaching credential from San Diego State University she has taught in several of the area’s high schools for over 3 years since she moved to this area from San Diego, CA. With her diverse and broad-based background she is well qualified to provide a helping hand to those who, due to time constraints or other reasons, cannot accomplish everything that needs to be done in their daily lives.

She is "At Your Service – Just In Time." Take advantage of these services and savor the changes seen in the professional and personal life of people who subscribe to the services. Don’t lose the moment - Call 951-677-1249. Their guarantee is that they can help in some way! Carol says "you won't be disappointed."

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