Workers Don’t Want US Jobs?

Is it true that Indians don’t want US jobs anymore? According to a recent survey of Indian high-tech graduates, the vast majority of them would rather remain in India than relocate to the United States or other foreign countries to pursue career opportunities.

The survey stated of 677 graduates of Indian Institute of Technology showed a major drop in the percentage of Indian citizens who chose to leave the country for higher education or seek employment.

The research and analytics firm that conducted the survey says, among those high-tech workers that graduated between 1964 and 2001, 35% moved to countries other than India. Among those graduated in 2002 and 2007, 84% remained in India and 16% decided to pursue interests somewhere else.

It also showed that, fewer Indian graduates believe that other countries such as the USA would provide more opportunities than their nation of origin. Sixty percent of those graduating between 1964 and 2001 said they thought the United States and other developed countries provided better education and career opportunities.

That number dropped among more recent graduates to 51% believing they would have a better chance landing a job if located outside of India.

In conclusion, other Indian professionals or workers realized that they should not always depend on companies who outsource in their country; especially US- based companies because they know that they can gain more knowledge and more benefits if they land a job outside the country.

But the majority of Indians who choose to stay believe they can succeed best in their own country.

I guess deciding to stay and work for your own country is the best choice, right? Why decide to work abroad if there are a lot of good opportunities for you?

Working abroad is not an easy way to fulfill what’s the best for you, and you have no assurance if you can get a better job. We should be wise in making our decisions, and that’s the best thing to do because its so hard to find a better job these days.

Outsourcing: Come and Gone

Large firms that have fueled the global Information Technology outsourcing boom and have put developing countries such as the Philippines on investors’ radar screens are getting picky. “We do believe that the boom years for IT outsourcing growth have come and gone”.

Nowadays, buyers are getting more selective and strategic in the way they approach outsourcing and, as such, the pace of growth is slowing. Buyers are still prematurely terminating contracts, and questioning the value of outsourcing. They are also struggling with the basics of determining what to outsource, measuring effectiveness and managing a global pool of resources.

Buyers are concerned about contract renegotiations, extensions, and terminations to seek additional outsourcing opportunities. In 2006, 8 percent of offshore buyers said they plan to decrease their levels of outsourcing over the next 12 months.

Firms are reining in outsourcing for three reasons:

-Either they mistakenly outsourced a process or function that is core to their business and are now bringing those back in.

-Their provider over-promised and under-delivered.

-The complexity of managing and measuring outsourcing projects and relationships overshadowed the benefits.

This however does not signal the death knell for IT outsourcing. The industry is alive and will continue to grow well into the future, although at a slower pace.

If this situation continues, maybe this will be the end of offshore outsourcing because it lessens the quality of IT outsourcing rate to all buyers.