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The article seeks to show the essential changes that have taken place in the shaping of employee competencies in organisations and that have been established under the influence of outsourcing/offshoring. It looks at the determinants of organisations’ personnel policy and a model of contracting human capital featuring outsourcing/offshoring. It describes the nature of employee competencies and discusses the key aspects that shape them in offshore organisations and the benefits and threats of realising outsourcing/offshore projects in the light of research carried out by American consulting firms.