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MORE WHITE COLLARS JOBS MAY BE OUTSOURCED

REUTERS - Job losses in the United States from outsourcing, already a
touchy political issue, could mushroom in the next decade as companies
shift hundreds of thousands more professional white-collar jobs
offshore, according to a new study. Fortune 500 companies could
potentially save $58 billion annually, or some $116 million per company,
by off-shoring general and administrative jobs, according to the Hackett
Group, a strategic advisory firm. . . The study estimates that increased
use of cheaper overseas labor could affect up to 1.47 million
back-office jobs over the next decade, or nearly 3,000 at a typical
Fortune 500 company. And the jobs under review will go far beyond call
centers. . . Some of the jobs that can now more readily be shipped
overseas than they could several years ago include those in information
technology, finance, human resources and procurement.

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