by: Fred Coon
Chairman, CEO
Stewart, Cooper & Coon
Today, I was reading in a great blog called Recruiters Lounge which is run by Jim Stroud. I found the information very interesting and I wanted to share Jim’s work with you. Jim is a “Searchologist” with an expertise in the full life-cycle placement of Executive and Technical personnel, Recruitment Research and Competitive Intelligence. In this blog piece, Jim goes on to list the jobs that are most likely and least likely to be outsourced. Here is an extract from his blog. If you want to read the source article from the USDL, it is at the bottom of Jim’s blog page.
Here are the reasons why jobs are outsourced:
- It can be automated.
- It does not require physical proximity or person-specific skills.
- It is considerably cheaper to produce somewhere else.
TOP 10 JOBS THAT WILL MOST LIKELY BE OUTSOURCED
Computer Programmers
Pharmacy Technicians
Parts Salespersons
Telephone Operators
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
Computer Operators
Data Entry Keyers
Word Processors and Typists
Tax Preparers
Medical Transcriptionists
TOP 10 JOBS THAT WILL LEAST LIKELY BE OUTSOURCED
Financial Managers
Training and Development Managers
Training and Development Specialists
Meeting and Convention Planners
Loan Counselors
Health and Safety Engineers, except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
Mining and Geological Engineers, including Mining Safety Engineers
Food Scientists and Technologists
Sociologists
Urban and Regional Planners
TOP 10 JOBS THAT ARE IN BETWEEN “MOST LIKELY AND “LEAST LIKELY” TO BE OUTSOURCED
Logisticians
Database Administrators
Operations Research Analysts
Aerospace Engineers
Computer Hardware Engineers
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Microbiologists
Chemists
Historians
Film and Video Editors
If you are in one of the most likely to outsource or maybe categories, then you may wish to conside changing files or careeers. Over 36% of our clients do just that, even at the senior levels of mangement. Call me and let’s discuss how to do this with your career.