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U.S. IT Hiring Increases Despite Outsourcing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yay-for-jobs dept.

surefooted1 writes "A CNN article reports that a new study has shown that U.S. tech hiring has increased, despite oversees outsourcing. It mentions that the job market is higher today than it was at the height of the dot-com boom." From the article: "The study suggests that there are several factors in the continued growth in demand for IT workers here. The report said part of it is due to the use of offshoring by U.S. companies, including start-up firms, to limit their costs and thus grow their businesses. That, in turn, creates more opportunities here even as an increasing amount of work is done overseas. The study also said that companies from a variety of sectors in the economy continue to discover greater efficiency and more competitive operations through investment in IT."

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  1. Re:It's Obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What do developed nations do? Just sit around on their hands waiting for the other nations to catch up? Not quite.Industrialized is one thing but to have a solid infrastructure and to lead the world in technological advances is the current goal in the game.

    The way you are currently trying to "lead the world" is by declaring that you have 20-year patent monopolies on everything made by man under the sun, rather than by real technological advancement. Pretty soon, all you'll have is bits of paper to wave, while all the real tech advancement happens in asia and europe. At which point we'll declare your bits of paper null and void.

  2. Re:It's Obvious by Merle+Darling · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    You guys can call it what you want, nothing new comes out of Europe or Asia anyway. Asia takes the products of U.S. research and mass produces them while paying the workers almost enough for one meal a day and undercutting the American companies, then Europeans buy them en masse and pat themselves on the back for being such "advanced" consumers. Of course the USPTO is a joke, but they're not the reason you guys can't come up with anything on your own. I blame your educational system and your culture in general.

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  3. You sound like by flyinwhitey · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    A whiny crybaby who expects businesses to offer hand-outs. It's NOT YOUR JOB. It's THEIR JOB, and they'll offer it to whomever gives them value.

    If you don't like how you're treated, START YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS.

    Instead you complain. What does that say about you?

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  4. Re:It's Obvious by Grishnakh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    *Is your resume accurate and professional looking? There are plenty of resources for this online.

    Change your name to something foreign-looking, and you won't have to worry about this. I've participated in hiring interviews where I work, and my coworkers haven't blinked an eye at absolutely atrocious resumes, spanning multiple pages of fluff, filled with horrid grammar and spelling errors.