U.S. Firms Export 'Good' Jobs to India. Jeff Ostrowski.
by Ostrowski, Jeff; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 57Business. Publisher: Palm Beach Post, 2003ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Call centers | Contracting out | Employment forecasting | Employment in foreign countries | Labor costs | Labor supply -- Effect of education on | Labor supply -- India | Offshore assembly industry | White collar workersDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A decade ago, a wag famously warned of the giant sucking sound from Mexico, which threatened to steal America's working-class jobs. Today, the giant sucking sound comes from a different spot on the globe, and it menaces a different type of worker. India increasingly is landing high-skilled, highly paid positions for engineers, accountants and financial analysts formerly employed in the United States." (PALM BEACH POST) This article reports that many U.S. companies have discovered that "well-educated, English-speaking workers come cheaper in India than in the United States."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: U.S. Firms Export 'Good' Jobs to India, Aug. 3, 2003; pp. 1F+.
"A decade ago, a wag famously warned of the giant sucking sound from Mexico, which threatened to steal America's working-class jobs. Today, the giant sucking sound comes from a different spot on the globe, and it menaces a different type of worker. India increasingly is landing high-skilled, highly paid positions for engineers, accountants and financial analysts formerly employed in the United States." (PALM BEACH POST) This article reports that many U.S. companies have discovered that "well-educated, English-speaking workers come cheaper in India than in the United States."
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