The Rebranding of Jobs
As long as we’re talking about outsourcing, here are a couple of book-ends to my last post that will add some context and clarity: First, a short interview with Tom Friedman is enlightening for his take on the outsourcing of white-collar jobs. If you think that it’s just the overpaid tech folks that are being hit with the blunt end of the trend, guess again:
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The Outsourcing of Outsourcing
The New York Times published an interesting piece on September 25 concerning globalization and the outsourcing of jobs. Things have now come full-circle: The outflux of tech jobs to Indian companies like InfoSys, Tata, and Wipro is beginning to outstrip the firms’ ability to staff positions using Indian labor, resulting in the re-outsourcing of jobs back to local centers that can provide both lower labor costs and special proficiencies:
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