Comments on: Blue Collar Jobs Can’t be Moved Offshore

By: plumber raleigh

plumber raleigh — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:57:09 +0000

G’Day! Outofyourrut,
I just stumbled across this and, If you have not heard the expression green work uttered hundreds of days of late from politicians, marketplace leaders, union leaders and environmentalists then you must have been hiding beneath a rock for the past yr. No other time period apart from global credit history crunch would seem to have had as considerably media protection but what is all the fuss about?
BTW great blogpost

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:38:23 +0000

Hi Joe–Green jobs will only work out if the work involved produces some sort of income stream for the employer. If they’re just make-work jobs, they’ll disappear fast. Any job that isn’t economically beneficial won’t last.

By: joe

joe — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:49:20 +0000

The Stimulus Package introduced by President Obama tries to open up new job opportunities. 5 million new green collar jobs are what the people are looking up to. A green collar job is something that connects you to your environment. It refers to any job that at the end of the day contributes to the environment in some way or the other at its own level.

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:21:26 +0000

Hi Alonso, I haven’t seen that statistic anywhere, but if it’s true you may be on to something! Right now government jobs are about the only ones that aren’t disappearing. I’m even reading that long time favorites like lawyers are no longer as solid as they once were.

By: Alonso Arvan

Alonso Arvan — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:30:35 +0000

And since every government job that is created destroys 1.29 real jobs, we would be better off if the people who lost their government jobs because of budget cuts did not have their jobs reinstated by this type of bailout, because for every government job that they lost, 1.29 real jobs will eventually materialize in the real world economy.

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:27:48 +0000

Sarah (SEO OS) – I completely agree, which is part of the reason for the post. We can’t wish it away, and even political solutions are likely to be weak and temporary. This is one of those global paradigm shifts we need to learn to live with otherwise it will roll right over us.

By: seo outsourcing

seo outsourcing — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:55:57 +0000

Almost any business man can see the benefits of outsourcing. Saving money is their goal so that’s why a lot of jobs career fields are affected. Wether you are a fan of outsourcing or globalization it is something that we all must get used to as the world is getting smaller.

By: Outsourcing Procurement

Outsourcing Procurement — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:14:31 +0000

Offshoring is the transfer of service operations to foreign countries in order to take advantage of a supply of skilled but relatively cheap labor. Services may be outsourced to a foreign company or a wholly owned foreign subsidiary company may be established. The main benefit of offshoring is the reduction of costs but concerns about redundancies and job losses in the home countries have been raised. .-= Outsourcing Procurement´s last blog ..Why Indirect Procurement Outsourcing? =-.

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:24:08 +0000

That’s a good lesson for white collar workers to learn. It isn’t just assembly line jobs disappearing. Increasingly, it’s office functions that can be performed just as well by English speaking residents of another country. Technology is proving to be a great equalizer.

By: FinancialBondage.org

FinancialBondage.org — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:36:38 +0000

Many jobs that require a person to physically be at a location to do the job can’t be shipped overseas. Anything that requires an office, the internet, etc… these types of white collar jobs are the ones in danger of being lost to persons in other countries willing to work for less money than Americans.

Use to be Americans were competing with other Americans for jobs… not anymore. We are competing with people around the globe for many jobs.