A young man started the day early having set his alarm Clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6am. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his Electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG), he put on a dress shirt ( MADE IN SRI LANKA ), designer jeans ( MADE IN SINGAPORE ) and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA ). After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA ) he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO ) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN ) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA ) , he got in his car ( MADE IN GERMANY ) filled it with GAS from Saudi Arabia and continued with his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB . At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer (Made In Malaysia ), the young man decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL ) poured himself a glass of wine ( MADE IN FRANCE! France!) and turned on his TV (MADE IN INDONESIA ), and then wondered why?
Careers & Employment - 7 Answers
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..& now halibarton moves to Dubai, UAE
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Become a doctor, a lawyer, etc. Service businesses will never be outsourced.
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Manufacturing jobs SUCK! High paying jobs in the tech and Info security areas are left. We can't IMPORT enough H1-B's to fill all the jobs right here in America. These are quality high paying good benifit jobs too. FYI... H1-B visas are given to people with special skills not redily available in the US. So go to college and you'll be just fine.
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Increasingly what Americans have to offer that no one else can is face-to-face service. Of course, that's something many people have forgotten how to provide. (Just try getting customer service at your local department store or DMV!) If you're looking for a new career, think in terms of direct contact. It's not for everyone, but it's something they can't ship overseas. BTW, according to the April consumer reports, a Toyota is more likely to be "Made in USA" (with American-made parts) than some cars made by Ford & Chevy-- including the all-American Mustang. So someone thinks America is a great place to create jobs, it's just not American corporations.
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Ask an Iraqi, Communist China worker etc. The 1 % are insulated from the reality's of their greed.. for now American citizens have power, but the odds are that they won't use it. The power is the vote, boycott and learning to live without the geegaw, and focusing on what really truly matters in their lives.
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You're talking about two different things: importing and outsourcing. Yes, a lot of American companies outsource to another country. It's usually work that is not core to the business, such as processing, IT operations, or something of that nature. The main reason is so that the company can focus on the true business. It works well for some companies that offshore a bunch of administrative functions. But for other companies it is a bad idea. There are a lot of mixed opinions about outsourcing and offshoring. That's different from the US importing products from other countries. The US is still the world's largest exporter. But it's true a lot of what we use comes from somewhere else. Would you want to wake up every morning to go to work and assemble alarm clocks or calculators? You wouldn't make enough to buy that bottle of French wine.
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Unless you have an advance degree, basically low paying service jobs is all that's going to be left for the Average American worker. Free trade is a boon for multinational corporations, their executives, and the few wealthy americans that are able to own stock in them. However, it doesn't do much for the Average American forced to take lower paying jobs, and also shouldering an increasing amount of the Tax burden; given the highly favorable tax system toward Corporations and the Upper class by the Bush Administration.
