Are all jobs equally vulnerable to being sent overseas?
No, they’re not. Employers are finding that there is a limit to the number of skilled jobs that can be sent overseas. Economists at MIT & Harvard looked at factors that make one job relatively “safe” from outsourcing or elimination through productivity gains and another “vulnerable.” They found… • Key Factor: A job that is “routine” enough that it can be broken down into repeatable steps with little variation is a “vulnerable” job. For example, computer programming can be described in “math based rules” that are easy to send over the internet. • By Contrast: The “safer” jobs are the ones that are hard to reduce to a repeatable routine. These jobs require flexibility, creativity, business knowledge, and lots of interaction with other people.
