[Culturechat] Check out "TIME.com: Where the Good Jobs Are Going -- Aug.…"

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(Is this happening in Europe too?) J. Brown

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HREF="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030804-471198,00.html">TIME.com: Where the Good Jobs Are Going -- Aug.…</A>

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<<But more and more of the jobs that are moving abroad today are highly 
skilled and highly paid — the type that U.S. workers assumed would always remain at 
home. Instead Maglione is one of thousands of Americans adjusting to the 
unsettling new reality of work. "If I can get another three years in this 
industry, I'll be fortunate," he says. Businesses are embracing offshore outsourcing 
in their drive to stay competitive, and almost any company, whether in 
manufacturing or services, can find some part of its work that can be done off site. 
By taking advantage of lower wages overseas, U.S. managers believe they can cut 
their overall costs 25% to 40% while building a more secure, more focused 
work force in the U.S. Labor leaders — and nonunion workers, who make up most of 
those being displaced — aren't buying that rationale. "How can America be 
competitive in the long run sending over the very best jobs?" asks Marcus 
Courtney, president of the Seattle-based Washington Alliance of Technology Workers. "I 
don't see how that helps the middle class."

On the other side of the world, though, educated Indian workers are quickly 
adjusting to their new status as the world's most sought-after employees. They 
have never been more confident and optimistic — as Americans usually like to 
think of themselves. For now, at least, in ways both tangible and emotional, 
educated Americans and Indians are trading places.>>