jobs for future that wont be outsourced

ronbyrne2005

what career is unlikely to be cut short due to outsourcing/offshoring tocheaper economies??? im thinking lawyer

segadreamcast

Anything service-based, simply because it can't be...

This would also include other 'safe' industries: Teaching, Law, Medicine, Civil Service...

ronbyrne2005

yeah but a lot of service jobs can be offshored like IT accounting departments etc.
i think im better off starting a service business , alot of the jobs in this economy are fecked in the medium to long term.china and inida have millions of graduates every year in engineering computers etc

segadreamcast

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

yeah but a lot of service jobs can be offshored like IT accounting departments etc.
i think im better off starting a service business , alot of the jobs in this economy are fecked in the medium to long term.china and inida have millions of graduates every year in engineering computers etc

Pardon me Ron, by services I meant things like catering, tourism etc...things that physically can't be outsourced.

segadreamcast

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

yeah but a lot of service jobs can be offshored like IT accounting departments etc.
i think im better off starting a service business , alot of the jobs in this economy are fecked in the medium to long term.china and inida have millions of graduates every year in engineering computers etc

You're right, and it always kinda worries me since I'm at the age that might possibly lose out (entering college now). IT and science seem very healthy now, but long term, the prospects look bleak enough...

bazcaz

I think its a little naive to think that most IT accounting,science based work could be outsourced to places like India and China in the long term I mean they might be a source of cheap labour right now but thats unlikely to remain true.As more jobs are outsourced to these countries more money is pumped into their economies potentially resulting in a rise in the cost of living and the average salary will need to rise also to meet this. It may well not be as appealing for cheap labour in the future.

MontgomeryClift

Become a TD. There's no fear of them being outsourced. And you get to set your own wages.

TempestSabre

bazcaz wrote:

I think its a little naive to think that most IT accounting,science based work could be outsourced to places like India and China in the long term I mean they might be a source of cheap labour right now but thats unlikely to remain true.As more jobs are outsourced to these countries more money is pumped into their economies potentially resulting in a rise in the cost of living and the average salary will need to rise also to meet this meaning that. It may well not be as appealing for cheap labour in the future.

How long will that take? 10-20yrs?

segadreamcast

The question is though BazCaz...will the point of equilibrium between the money being pumped in and their HUGE HUGE educated population result in a wage that is still lower than the Irish/Euro average wage? I'd be willing to say yes... obviously we'll evolve to stay competitive...but we need to start doing that now instead of having this mentality that Ireland will be rich for ever, since it is rich now.

bazcaz

Tempest itll take 8 yrs 3 months 5 days 18 hours and 53 seconds!!

dingding

Become a clamper

Seriously, many of the IT jobs for example are not in IT companies, they are working for companies of all sizes and state and semi-state organisations.

You should pick a career above all that you will be happy in, don't pick something because it is the current fad, fads come and go but you might end up in a job where you are unhappy

Good luck

ur-lord

Marketing, event organising, PR, Journalism, Advertising...........they all need local knowledge and cop on. Which cant be out sourced. Simple but true.

The Corinthian

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

what career is unlikely to be cut short due to outsourcing/offshoring tocheaper economies???

Anything that is specific to the local economy (as suggested by ur-lord) or, in particular, customer facing - certain jobs (e.g. nurse) must be, and others (e.g. business analyst) are preferably, done physically with the client present.

Of course in some cases it becomes economically viable for the client to travel to the outsourcee - it’s often cheaper to fly to the UK and see a dentist there than it is to see one in Dublin, for example.

im thinking lawyer

The professions are only safe due to national differences and local monopolies (the professional bodies themselves). Supernational organs such as the EU are, to a degree, already breaking down these barriers - for example a Lithuanian lawyer can legally practice in Ireland now.

However given the courts are physically in Ireland, this would mean the role can be imported rather than outsourced.

NoelRock wrote:

Anything service-based, simply because it can't be...

Like development, telephone support, sales... :rolleyes:

This would also include other 'safe' industries: Teaching, Law, Medicine, Civil Service...

Bu your definition, every job is then service-based.

TempestSabre

bazcaz wrote:

Tempest itll take 8 yrs 3 months 5 days 18 hours and 53 seconds!!

Better keep the evening job up so....:D

Civilian_Target

Everything can be outsourced or imported. If Irish lawyers become too astoundingly overpriced, Polish lawyers will undercut them. If German cars become crap they'll be outpaced by Korean ones. Poor Irish doctors can be replaced by competent Indian ones in this country. But the fact is, competent staff will survive, and the incompetent will fail, in almost every walk of life. Teachers and civil service jobs sound like the exception....