What do a radiologist and an assembly line worker have in common? After all, one is a white-collar worker in a small town hospital and the other is a blue-collar worker in a large city factory. The answer is that they are both being outsourced. Outsourcing is the moving of services or the moving of production of goods to another location. The radiologist’s job went to India and the assembly line worker’s job went to Mexico. Outsourcing has grown along with the explosion of Information Technology (IT) in the last 15 years. The explosion of Information Technology (IT) does not seem to show any signs of stopping. As jobs continue to leave the United States, the effects of outsourcing remain a challenge for both white-collar and blue-collar workers. Due to outsourcing the American blue-collar and white-color workers are faced with the negative impact of losing job security, the pitfalls of job retraining, the compromise of personal security, and family impact.
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