So do we need to go offshore too if we want a job? Are there going to be
tech jobs in Tahiti?
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From: leslie [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 12:48 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] High-tech jobs dwindle by 12%
Tom Brandt ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: From the NY Times:
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: High - Tech Jobs Dwindle by 12 Percent
:
: November 19, 2003
: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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: Filed at 12:19 a.m. ET
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: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- About 12 percent of the nation's
: high-tech jobs have evaporated during the past two years,
: but the meltdown appears to be in its final stages,
: according to an industry report to be released Wednesday.
:
: After wiping out 540,000 jobs in 2002, high-tech employers
: are on pace to lay off another 234,000 workers this year,
: based on figures compiled by the AeA, a trade group
: formerly known as the American Electronics Association.
:
IT offshoring is expected to accelerate from 8% to 55% in 2008:
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3110511
Offshoring of IT Jobs Expected to Accelerate
"...Today, approximately 8 percent of IT work is outsourced, according
to Gordon Brooks, president and CEO of E5 Systems, Inc., an IT
outsourcing company based in Waltham, Mass. In five years, that number
will have exploded to 55 percent.
Forrester Research predicts that $136 billion in wages, or 3.3 million
jobs, will move offshore in the next 15 years.
Most of the analysts speaking at CDExpo say that number, as large as
it sounds, might be wishful thinking. The actual numbers will be much
higher..."
--Jerry Leslie
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