Outsourcing: Problems and Solutions
Table of Contents
Introduction .pg 3
Outsourcing .pg 3
Homesourcing ..pg 5
Farmshoring .pg 6
Conclusion . ..pg 7
References ...pg 8
Outsourcing: Problems and Solutions
Introduction
As today's young adults are graduating from high school and college, what is one of their first choices? Where are they going to get a job? Some of today's big jobs are being taken from the United States and sent to countries overseas. So where does that leave our young adults? They may have to move away from home and to not be with their families. Are you aware of the other options to this? A great exception to this outsourcing can be to send these positions to rural areas, instead of foreign countries.
Outsourcing
Every year thousands of Americans become unemployed. Some of these positions are inevitable, such as new technologies being developed, but they do not all have to be. Outsourcing, or off-shoring as it could be called, is the process of sending jobs originating in the United States to foreign countries overseas. Companies do this because in those countries they can achieve more work with cheaper wages for employees. But is it all worth it?
Outsourcing is not a new concept. It has been around for a few years. It started with the Information Technology (IT) jobs and worked its way into other areas. Even our pineapples are not safe from outsourcing anymore. "Last month Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. announced its pineapple operations in Hawaii will cease by mid 2008. The reason? According to the Associated Press, the company stated it is "no longer feasible to grow pineapple in Hawaii because it can be produced for less elsewhere"' (Heffner 2006).
"The Defending American Jobs Act of 2004 is being introduced by Rep Bernard Sanders (Ind-Va) with 50 co-sponsors from both republican and democratic parties. Why does this seem necessary? In his
Introduction .pg 3
Outsourcing .pg 3
Homesourcing ..pg 5
Farmshoring .pg 6
Conclusion . ..pg 7
References ...pg 8
Outsourcing: Problems and Solutions
Introduction
As today's young adults are graduating from high school and college, what is one of their first choices? Where are they going to get a job? Some of today's big jobs are being taken from the United States and sent to countries overseas. So where does that leave our young adults? They may have to move away from home and to not be with their families. Are you aware of the other options to this? A great exception to this outsourcing can be to send these positions to rural areas, instead of foreign countries.
Outsourcing
Every year thousands of Americans become unemployed. Some of these positions are inevitable, such as new technologies being developed, but they do not all have to be. Outsourcing, or off-shoring as it could be called, is the process of sending jobs originating in the United States to foreign countries overseas. Companies do this because in those countries they can achieve more work with cheaper wages for employees. But is it all worth it?
Outsourcing is not a new concept. It has been around for a few years. It started with the Information Technology (IT) jobs and worked its way into other areas. Even our pineapples are not safe from outsourcing anymore. "Last month Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. announced its pineapple operations in Hawaii will cease by mid 2008. The reason? According to the Associated Press, the company stated it is "no longer feasible to grow pineapple in Hawaii because it can be produced for less elsewhere"' (Heffner 2006).
"The Defending American Jobs Act of 2004 is being introduced by Rep Bernard Sanders (Ind-Va) with 50 co-sponsors from both republican and democratic parties. Why does this seem necessary? In his
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