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Evolution of the support rep: from outsourced to in-office

Kayako

Specifically, ever since the introduction of fibre optic cabling, a new kind of support system evolved: the outsourced helpdesk (most notably in the healthcare, financial and banking sectors). A great indicator of this is in 2008 odesk.com had 2,500 job postings 2,500 for “virtual assistant”, and by 2012 that number had risen to 25,000.