OUTSOURCING AMERICA

California Job Journal
If you are a US worker, you don’t have to read too many pages of the new book Outsourcing America (by Ron & Anil Hira, AmaCom Books) to feel a chill down your spine. In fact, just scanning the opening sentences on the book jacket may be enough to make you queasy: "In the debate over outsourcing, one fact is clear: Most companies believe they can save a tremendous amount of money by shipping American jobs overseas. They no longer see outsourcing as an option but rather as an imperative. Consequently, as many as 14 million white-collar jobs are vulnerable . . . "By 2015, analysts forecast that $151 billion in wages will be outsourced to foreign workers. Even for highly skilled and specialized jobs in technology, financial and legal services, and other disciplines, a cheaper workforce is ready to be tapped somewhere in the world." more...