I noticed that outsourcing has been very rampant this past 10 years. Some IT Operations (Programming Support etc) have been outsourced in the Philippines, India and China for their LOW cost. Where do you think is the best place to do this outsourcing and why?
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India. There must be a good reason other companies are heading there. Low labor cost, many people with computer degrees, etc.
109869
Is this a question, or a resume? As far as outsourcing to India, what a joke, thats why the economy is going to hell. shipping our jobs overseas--why pay $20 an hour when you can outsource to India for 20 cents
331646
India.  Lots of financial companies are now outsourcing their financial analysis to India.  But I doubt that's what you had in mind.\n\nYou could start by getting a job with a local office of an international finance company or investment bank, and then see if they would transfer you abroad.  It might be the easiest way to do this, and the company would take care of all the paperwork for you.
96503
I am in the call center business, no company will make it public knowledge they outsource their customer service/tech support call center.  You will need to advertise in trade magazines and hope they call you.  But right now the trend is outsourcing the calls to India.
219265
Depends on the firm and depends on luck.  For pure CS firms, probably 70+.  It's a lot easier to outsource these jobs.  For more finance firms where you'll be doing CS, there's a wider range, probably 60-200+, after bonus, if you're lucky.\n\nCheck salary.com like the person said above.  It's not a bad site.
220775
A lot of that work has been outsourced to India, I'm sorry to report.  \n\nWe've got good resources for that kind of job hunt in Milwaukee, but they are local sites, not global.
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"Outsourcing" (or contracting out) is often defined as the delegation of non-core operations or jobs from internal production within a business to an external entity (such as a subcontractor) that specializes in that operation. Outsourcing is a business decision that is often made to lower costs or focus on core competences. \n\nSince you mentioned U.S Govt.:\n\nGranted, the 2004 U.S. presidential election race focused on outsourcing to some degree. \nThis debate did not center on problems of declining quality of customer services - \nbut on the threat to U.S. jobs and work. \n\nCriticism of outsourcing, from the perspective of U.S. citizens, by-and-large, revolves around the costs associated with transferring control of the labor process to an external entity in another country.\n\nThe benefits of outsorcing IN THEORY are:\n\nBecause outsourcing allows for lower costs, even if quality reduces slightly or not at all- productivity increases, which benefits the economy on aggregate.\n(Assuming that e.g. there would be sold more US made HiFi systems if they could use cheap parts made in china)\n\nBut there are only few reports with actual figures on that thoery: \nProfessor Drezner reports that for every dollar spent on outsourcing to India, the United States reaps between $1.12 and $1.14 in benefits. \nDrezner also points out that large software companies such as Microsoft and Oracle have increased outsourcing and used the savings for investment and larger domestic payrolls. \n\nNationally, 70,000 computer programmers lost their jobs between 1999 and 2003, but more than 115,000 computer software engineers found higher-paying jobs during that same period.\n\nSo in the short run everyone would benefit from outsorcing.\n\nBut already that effect wears off as more and more people are facing unemployment in the US.\nIf outsorcing continues theres simply no income left to buy the products ..even if the products are cheap.\nHowever there would be a new market (like in China) so the company would survive, but the US would lose its status.\n\nJust take a look and compare the skyline of Shanghai to that of Manhattan, you will notice that Manhattan already cant compete.\nIts estimated that in about 40 years China will be the leading economy.
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I don't like software ppl in India. American companies should hire locally, not in India. I don't know much about India ppl. But many Americans provide each other with a lot of freeware. There are so many freeware sites out there with a lot of good American made freeware. I don't have a problem with anything by other countries, as long as it is done personally, our American companies shouldn't be going over there to hire though.
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A large part of their success, specially India, is due to outsourcing by the United States.  During the 1980's and 1990's companies spent huge sums of money laying fiber optic cable under the Atlantic Ocean and elsewhere.  They anticipated huge demands for broadband.  The demands never quite materialized, and countries like India took advantage of very cheap international communications to set up call centers to handle a range of services from tech support, to accounting to data storage and tedious programming.  Given their cheaper labor rates, it made sense for American companies to outsource work to them.  They were prepared for all of this because they anticipated it and had trained huge numbers of scientist and engineers in comparison to the U.S. An example of the result of all of this is the fact that in 2005, there were over 245,000 Indians answering phones from all over the world or dialing out to solicit people for credit cards or cell phone bargains or overdue bills! Bangalor is one of the cities that has flourished from this new economy.  The Indians are taking English courses, including accents and regional speech.  Soon, you won't be able to tell that you are talking to an Indian. Right now there is a fast food restaurant in Colorado that is routing drive-up orders to a call center in India that processes the order and sends it back to the kitchen.  This cuts about 15 seconds from the time it takes to drive up to the time you leave with your order!  The 15 seconds translates to big money for the restaurant.
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If not good in programming, there would be several sales, marketing jobs in IT sector. You can also join in the presales division of any vertical e.g.banking, manufacturing, retail etc.\nNot that every IT job is related to programming. You can join testing teams too.\n\nFuture of Philippines in good with lot's of also expected as next to India. DO not lose hopes. But in case you want to try as a begininer you can try in Asian countries first such as SIngapore, India, Malaysia, Japan etc first and then move to west.\n\nSee jobsite directing sites in Asia, US, Canada and also in Philipines\nhttp://jobguideforjobseekers.blogspot.com
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Right now, most majors requiring higher math skills are in great demand.  There is currently a shortage of engineers, accountants (because of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, accountants are being recruited directly out of school), computer science people, etc.\n\nUnfortunately, many of these jobs can be outsourced overseas.  I think that if you become a CPA (as opposed to an ordinary accountant), your chances having your job outsourced will be lessened because you will have to travel to the client, who would be US-based in most cases.\n\nManagement Science currently show the most promise.  It's new and it's considered the Next Big Thing.   The January 23, 2006 issue of BusinessWeek made it their cover story.  Check it out.\n\nAnyway, if you're really good at math, there are a number of fields that you can go into.  Just make sure that you look ahead a few years to see where the jobs in that field are going.
643001
Good question! As a matter of fact, I lost a former job due to global sourcing and the work was sent to India. Spending 18 years in Information Technology has not left me bitter, I just changed careers. Many IT projects are being contracted out to companies in India, due to value and quaility. If I were from India, I would stay and live happily since my future would be more secure than in the fickle corporate world of America.
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Since the internet bubble burst in 2001, the IT market has been down and out until recently. Currently, it's picking up again and is very hot in most countries such as USA and India. But from experience,  the IT market is very volatile and changes every 4 yrs. like a yo-yo. So it's quite risky to be in this line of work.\nCurrently, there's also a great global demand for wealth/fund managers (asset management) by most major banks esp. in Singapore. If you have a degree in economics and commerce, then this would be the right time to get into this market.
538190
go to India, thats where all the IT jobs are.
196111
The best internet-based job you could do outside the US involves marketing products or services that are fulfilled by 3rd parties so that your only responsiblity is to create customers and help them place orders. There are several out there. I will list a few in no particular order for your research
182525
I had a job as a tech in the Chicago Public High Schools, now I sell computers at the University of Hawaii.  There are some things, like hands-on tech work, that can never be outsourced.  But avoid programming like the plague...
552269
Americans have been told for the last 20 years not to worry about manufacturing jobs leaving the US, they were being replaced by high tech and service jobs. When customer service and tech support jobs were contracted to S Asia, we were told these weren't really the kind of white collar jobs Americans wanted anyway. Now we have to leave the country to get professional services? Come, on, this is globalization for the sake of globalization, MBA's justifying their salaries and their business trips.