[ale] OT: more info on where all the jobs are (going...)

ChangingLINKS.com x3 at ChangingLINKS.com
Sat Mar 15 08:17:19 EST 2003


Forrester Research found that 88 percent of the firms that look overseas for 
services claimed to get better value for their money offshore than from U.S. 
providers, while 71 percent said offshore workers did better quality work.

On Saturday 15 March 2003 06:54, Geoffrey wrote:
> http://money.cnn.com/2003/03/13/news/economy/jobs_offshore/index.htm
>
> "By 2004, more than 80 percent of U.S. executive boardrooms will have
> discussed offshore sourcing, and more than 40 percent of U.S.
> enterprises will have completed some type of pilot or will be sourcing
> IT (information technology) services," Gartner Inc. (IT: Research,
> Estimates), a technology consulting firm, said in a study late last year.
>
> http://money.cnn.com/2003/03/13/news/economy/jobs_offshore/imports.gif
>
> "Over the next 15 years, 3.3 million U.S. service industry jobs and $136
> billion in wages will move offshore to countries like India, Russia,
> China and the Philippines," Forrester analyst John McCarthy predicted in
> a report last year. "The IT industry will lead the initial overseas
> exodus."

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