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To: Ilaine who wrote (49916)6/10/2004 9:23:04 PM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793955
 
The word "outsourcing" needs to be retooled. Doesn't mean what folks think it means.

Nine percent of non-seasonal U.S. layoffs in the first quarter were due to outsourcing, but less than a third of the work was sent overseas,



To: Ilaine who wrote (49916)6/10/2004 9:32:26 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793955
 
outsourced jobs

This is another one of the huge issues with no true stats on it. I was just reading that one of the main sources are Management consultants, who "guesstimate."

In any case, with 5% unemployment, we really are at full employment.