Thursday, December 26, 2002
Increasingly, companies are moving professional and technology jobs abroad. Back-office accounting and customer-calling work are already being shipped abroad. But in the future, professional positions in technology, law, art, architecture, life sciences, and business management will move as well. The information technology industry will lead the way.
These will be jobs that average $41,200. In fifteen years, 3.3 million jobs will move to other markets at a loss of $1.36 billion in payroll. Forrester Research makes the predictions. Read more. Go
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Technology jobs are shifting abroad
