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BRIEF: Survey: Skills lack sends jobs overseasJan 21, 2011 (The News & Observer - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Despite the depressed economy, many U.S. companies that move jobs overseas are doing so because of a lack of skilled workers here, and not because of the savings, according to a new survey. Companies surveyed late last year reported that a number of factors influence their decisions to move jobs offshore, including the location of the best service provider and the quality of the infrastructure in place. Even though cost savings are significant, the survey found that the average savings of moving jobs offshore is declining. The software sector has the highest ratio of offshore versus domestic employees, which could be a "reflection of a scarcity of domestic science and engineering graduates in the U.S.," said Arie Lewin, Fuqua Professor of Strategy and International Business at Duke University. The study was performed by the Center for International Business Education and Research's Offshoring Research Network at Duke's Fuqua School of Business and research association The Conference Board. It was the sixth annual study on the topic. To see more of The News & Observer, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.newsobserver.com. Copyright (c) 2011, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For more information about the content services offered by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), visit www.mctinfoservices.com. |