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The Skills Gap Becom |
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| One of the central themes that we monitor regularly at Trends is the "skills gap." This is the difference between the skills possessed by the American work force, and the skills that companies are likely to need from them. |
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The 40-Hour Work Wee |
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| Futurists 50 years ago were projecting a 20-hour work week in the United States and Western Europe by the dawn of the 21st century. In most developed nations, their predictions have proven directionally correct: total work time has moved downward. |
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Outsourcing Will Bec |
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| In today"s unforgiving global marketplace, no firm can afford to be "second-rate" in any business activity. Every business must find some way to get their cost and quality in line with world-class standards. |
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Off-Shoring the Know |
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| Although we��셶e just explained that there is little reason to worry about off-shoring low-skilled, low-paying jobs that will be automated anyway, many observers are even more anxious about this related trend. Many companies are starting to off-shore some of their highly-skilled technical jobs to overseas providers. |
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Off-Shoring the Back |
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| Let��셲 face it, there��셲 hardly a business topic that��셲 more emotionally charged than off-shoring: the new trend of outsourcing business processes to foreign workers. It is much cheaper to pay people in other countries to do this routine work because they are paid only a small fraction of the salaries that American workers receive. |
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