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.