Outsourcing
The issue of outsourcing is an extremely touchy and complex subject. I find it hard to take one side or the other. My best friend's dad was out of work for a year after the dot com bomb. His job had been outsourcing. I saw the struggles they endured and the toll it took on my friend. I was by her side when life at home got rough and I witnessed first hand the negative effects of outsourcing. Yet even after seeing that situation, I hesitate to say outsourcing is an all together bad idea. Who are we to deny someone with advanced skills from outside America, that cannot act upon them in their home country?
I think part of the problem might be schooling. Maybe our American students are not being educated with the skills needed to do the jobs that are being offered to foreign students. If our students are not as qualified, then maybe we should look at these overseas programs and see how we can change our own programs to be more effective. Like most things, we need to keep our focus on home before other lager issues are tackled; because let's face it, do any of us really have the right to deny raw talent from flourishing? And that is what makes the issue of capping the number of H-1B's allowed each year so hard.
Both of my parents have jobs that have no chance of being outsourcing. In fact, neither of my parents went to college. My mom is a ballet teacher and has her own ballet school. My dad is a machinist at Stanford university and works in the physics department. Their jobs have inspired me to pursue a career that would be difficult to outsource. When I stated college I declared as an English major and had intends to pursue a career in fiction writing. Now after a few years in college I have decided to use my English degree and pursue a career in wine. My hope is to become a wine critic, but we will see. One of the appeals of the wine business is, it is difficult to outsource. There is no huge benefit to bring in people from out of the country, except for maybe France. I could combat this by learning as much as possible about French wines (I already speak French) in addition to knowledge of California's local wines. My other career option is teaching ballet and helping my mom to expand her school. I feel confident that outsourcing would not effect me there.
I think part of the problem might be schooling. Maybe our American students are not being educated with the skills needed to do the jobs that are being offered to foreign students. If our students are not as qualified, then maybe we should look at these overseas programs and see how we can change our own programs to be more effective. Like most things, we need to keep our focus on home before other lager issues are tackled; because let's face it, do any of us really have the right to deny raw talent from flourishing? And that is what makes the issue of capping the number of H-1B's allowed each year so hard.
Both of my parents have jobs that have no chance of being outsourcing. In fact, neither of my parents went to college. My mom is a ballet teacher and has her own ballet school. My dad is a machinist at Stanford university and works in the physics department. Their jobs have inspired me to pursue a career that would be difficult to outsource. When I stated college I declared as an English major and had intends to pursue a career in fiction writing. Now after a few years in college I have decided to use my English degree and pursue a career in wine. My hope is to become a wine critic, but we will see. One of the appeals of the wine business is, it is difficult to outsource. There is no huge benefit to bring in people from out of the country, except for maybe France. I could combat this by learning as much as possible about French wines (I already speak French) in addition to knowledge of California's local wines. My other career option is teaching ballet and helping my mom to expand her school. I feel confident that outsourcing would not effect me there.
posted by Natalie | 9:45 AM
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