Offshore labor pains
A tiny fraction of workers hit by mass layoffs earlier this year lost their jobs because of "offshoring," according to research released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Offshore labor pains
Is there truth in numbers? You be the judge
July 15, 2004Finally, the government has provided some "official" numbers on U.S. work sent abroad. But how valuable are they? Proponents of offshoring say the latest Labor Department report proves that concerns about the practice are overblown. Others say the numbers vastly underestimate the trend, attributing the report to incomplete counts and government ineptitude. Read the story below and give us your take.
Report: Offshoring only one drain on tech jobs
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
"Offshoring" shouldn't shoulder all the blame for job losses in the technology-heavy San Francisco Bay Area, according to a study released Thursday.
The shift of work to lower-wage countries is just one of a number of global forces affecting job creation and loss in the region, and efforts to prevent offshoring will not succeed, according to the report. The study was sponsored by community groups Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and the Bay Area Economic Forum, as well as the Stanford Project on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Conducted by management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, 120 interviews, analysis of 9,000 job listings and other research went into the report.
Editors' picks: Offshoring stories from around the Web
Damn lies and statistics?
- Study: States doing plenty of offshoring CNET News.com
- Offshoring just one factor affecting area employment San Francisco Business Times
- Tech services jobs rise in June CNET News.com
- Offshoring: not such a grand exodus after all destinationCRM
- Lost your job? Don't look overseas CNET News.com
- Not many jobs are sent abroad, U.S. report says The New York Times
- Offshoring fails to make its mark on jobless totals Financial Times
- White-collar meltdown AFL-CIO
- Analysis of offshoring data The Globe and Mail
- Enterprises send more business processes offshore CRM Daily
- Study supports controversial offshore numbers CNET News.com
Why companies go offshore
- India diary: Epilogue...the final entry Silicon.com
- Exploding the myths of offshoring vnunet.com
- Indian offshoring no threat yet to Europe's R&D vnunet.com
- Uproar over offshoring is simply politics The Sun News
- Outsourcing debate tainted by myths, misconceptions Fox News
- The Honda vote USNews.com
- No outsourcing backlash here Forbes
- Offshore vs. onshore contact centers DestinationCRM.com
- Report: Offshore IT outsourcing helps economy CNET News.com
Opponents outline dangers
- Engineers in the U.S. are facing an uncertain future The Salt Lake Tribune
- Does offshoring cost more than it saves? The New York Times
- Workers not happy about offshoring Arizona Republic
- IT morale drops to all-time low CNET News.com
- Union shielding sought from 'offshoring' The Washington Times
- 20 defenses of offshoring and why they are wrong American Engineering Association
- Job losses and the backlash Silicon.com
In search of answers
- Offshoring: more consideration needed ZDNet Australia
- Study: Offshoring erodes IT pay--again SearchCIO.com
- The reality behind the politics CNET News.com
- America's tech might: slipping? BusinessWeek
- Outsourcing: What to do? CNN/Money
- The six most common outsourcing mistakes Forbes
- Bush proposes job-training overhaul CNN.com
Offshore labor pains
Is there truth in numbers? You be the judge
July 15, 2004Finally, the government has provided some "official" numbers on U.S. work sent abroad. But how valuable are they? Proponents of offshoring say the latest Labor Department report proves that concerns about the practice are overblown. Others say the numbers vastly underestimate the trend, attributing the report to incomplete counts and government ineptitude. Read the story below and give us your take.
Report: Offshoring only one drain on tech jobs
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
"Offshoring" shouldn't shoulder all the blame for job losses in the technology-heavy San Francisco Bay Area, according to a study released Thursday.
The shift of work to lower-wage countries is just one of a number of global forces affecting job creation and loss in the region, and efforts to prevent offshoring will not succeed, according to the report. The study was sponsored by community groups Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and the Bay Area Economic Forum, as well as the Stanford Project on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Conducted by management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, 120 interviews, analysis of 9,000 job listings and other research went into the report.
Editors' picks: Offshoring stories from around the Web
Damn lies and statistics?
- Study: States doing plenty of offshoring CNET News.com
- Offshoring just one factor affecting area employment San Francisco Business Times
- Tech services jobs rise in June CNET News.com
- Offshoring: not such a grand exodus after all destinationCRM
- Lost your job? Don't look overseas CNET News.com
- Not many jobs are sent abroad, U.S. report says The New York Times
- Offshoring fails to make its mark on jobless totals Financial Times
- White-collar meltdown AFL-CIO
- Analysis of offshoring data The Globe and Mail
- Enterprises send more business processes offshore CRM Daily
- Study supports controversial offshore numbers CNET News.com
Why companies go offshore
- India diary: Epilogue...the final entry Silicon.com
- Exploding the myths of offshoring vnunet.com
- Indian offshoring no threat yet to Europe's R&D vnunet.com
- Uproar over offshoring is simply politics The Sun News
- Outsourcing debate tainted by myths, misconceptions Fox News
- The Honda vote USNews.com
- No outsourcing backlash here Forbes
- Offshore vs. onshore contact centers DestinationCRM.com
- Report: Offshore IT outsourcing helps economy CNET News.com
Opponents outline dangers
- Engineers in the U.S. are facing an uncertain future The Salt Lake Tribune
- Does offshoring cost more than it saves? The New York Times
- Workers not happy about offshoring Arizona Republic
- IT morale drops to all-time low CNET News.com
- Union shielding sought from 'offshoring' The Washington Times
- 20 defenses of offshoring and why they are wrong American Engineering Association
- Job losses and the backlash Silicon.com
In search of answers
- Offshoring: more consideration needed ZDNet Australia
- Study: Offshoring erodes IT pay--again SearchCIO.com
- The reality behind the politics CNET News.com
- America's tech might: slipping? BusinessWeek
- Outsourcing: What to do? CNN/Money
- The six most common outsourcing mistakes Forbes
- Bush proposes job-training overhaul CNN.com