Flow My Thoughts, The IT Professor Said

What To Do?

http://www.techcentralstation.com/120903A.html

If the world hands you a lemon, make lemonaide -- this is the message of this suggested solution to the technical unemployment issue. Two trends: accelerated learning, taking place outside the classrom, and the requirement for personal services, are the keys to the type of work which resists offshoring. Flexibility is a prerequisite to realizing the potential for the new job market.

Another perspective on outshoring is provided by this article, which suggests that there are a number of tacks to take to secure IT jobs in the USA:

http://www.cioupdate.com/career/article.php/3116471

Related to outshoring is the capability of IT worker to work remotely, which essentially makes location irrelevant. It turns out that a number of IT jobs still require "face time", as indicated in this article:

http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/22822.html

Yet another article which suggests that while some IT specialties are being outshored or eliminated altogether, there is plenty of scope for growth if gthe unemployed are sufficiently flexible to take advantage of it:

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/32280.html

Systems engineers, business process experts, and security professionals are cited as three examples of employment areas which will continue to be strong, and which resist outshoring by their nature.

Posted by jho at December 15, 2003 08:06 PM