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Not that anyone ever believed our confederacy of dunces ever did
anything . . .
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New Report: 30 Million Service Jobs May Be Shipped Overseas
by James Parks, Jan 23, 2009
Recent telecommunications advances, especially the Internet, could
theoretically put more than 30 million U.S. jobs at risk of being
exported overseas. Services previously needed to be performed
domestically theoretically can be done anywhere in the world through
the Internet, four U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) analysts say
in an article appearing in the agencys Monthly Labor Review
(subscription required).
The 160 occupations considered capable of being performed in other
countries account for some 30.3 million workers, one-fifth of total
U.S. employment and cover a wide array of job functions, pay rates
and
educational levels.
More than half of the vulnerable jobs in the BLS study are
professional and related occupations, including computer and
mathematical science occupations and architecture and engineering
jobs, and many office and administrative support occupations also are
considered susceptible.
Since 2000, corporations have shipped more than 525,000 white-collar
overseas, according to the AFL-CIO Department for Professional
Employees (DPE). Some estimates say up to 14 million middle-class
jobs
could be exported out of our nation in the next 10 years.
Accountants,
software engineers, X-ray technicians, all are losing their jobs as
corporations look for low-wage workers in countries such as India and
China.
Meanwhile, the jobs being created in the United States often are low-
wage jobs that dont offer health coverage or ensure retirement
security. Nearly one-quarter of the nations workers labor in jobs
that generally pay less than the $8.85 hourly wage the U.S.
government
says it takes to keep a family of four out of poverty. Sixty percent
of such workers are women, and many are people of color.
Among the occupations most susceptible to being sent overseas, the
BLS analysts say, are those that produce information and do not
require face-to-face contact. Among the most vulnerable are office
and administrative support jobs, with relatively low education or
training requirements, including telephone operators, payroll and
timekeeping clerks, and word processors and typists.
Another 11 of the highest ranked jobs are professional and related
occupations, which generally possess higher educational requirements.
They include pharmacists, computer programmers, biochemists and
biophysicists, architectural and civil drafters, financial analysts,
paralegals and legal assistants.
Among the occupations least likely to be shipped overseas are
financial managers, food scientists and technologists, front-line
retail sales managers, and training and development specialists.
http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/01/23/new-report-30-million-service-jobs-...
anything . . .
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New Report: 30 Million Service Jobs May Be Shipped Overseas
by James Parks, Jan 23, 2009
Recent telecommunications advances, especially the Internet, could
theoretically put more than 30 million U.S. jobs at risk of being
exported overseas. Services previously needed to be performed
domestically theoretically can be done anywhere in the world through
the Internet, four U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) analysts say
in an article appearing in the agencys Monthly Labor Review
(subscription required).
The 160 occupations considered capable of being performed in other
countries account for some 30.3 million workers, one-fifth of total
U.S. employment and cover a wide array of job functions, pay rates
and
educational levels.
More than half of the vulnerable jobs in the BLS study are
professional and related occupations, including computer and
mathematical science occupations and architecture and engineering
jobs, and many office and administrative support occupations also are
considered susceptible.
Since 2000, corporations have shipped more than 525,000 white-collar
overseas, according to the AFL-CIO Department for Professional
Employees (DPE). Some estimates say up to 14 million middle-class
jobs
could be exported out of our nation in the next 10 years.
Accountants,
software engineers, X-ray technicians, all are losing their jobs as
corporations look for low-wage workers in countries such as India and
China.
Meanwhile, the jobs being created in the United States often are low-
wage jobs that dont offer health coverage or ensure retirement
security. Nearly one-quarter of the nations workers labor in jobs
that generally pay less than the $8.85 hourly wage the U.S.
government
says it takes to keep a family of four out of poverty. Sixty percent
of such workers are women, and many are people of color.
Among the occupations most susceptible to being sent overseas, the
BLS analysts say, are those that produce information and do not
require face-to-face contact. Among the most vulnerable are office
and administrative support jobs, with relatively low education or
training requirements, including telephone operators, payroll and
timekeeping clerks, and word processors and typists.
Another 11 of the highest ranked jobs are professional and related
occupations, which generally possess higher educational requirements.
They include pharmacists, computer programmers, biochemists and
biophysicists, architectural and civil drafters, financial analysts,
paralegals and legal assistants.
Among the occupations least likely to be shipped overseas are
financial managers, food scientists and technologists, front-line
retail sales managers, and training and development specialists.
http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/01/23/new-report-30-million-service-jobs-...