Certification Magazine - December 2007 - (Page 23) As with almost any efficiency-related process improvement, results seem to depend on how the organization handles preparation before outsourcing — and job mobility afterward — for the position or positions affected. FIGURE 3: AVERAGE SALARY BY EDUCATION Two-year associates degree B.A./B.S. Doctorate High school diploma In school currently Master's degree $52.47 $53.46 $67.28 $46.89 $34.54 $53.10 $28.57 $54.29 “At the end of 2004, my Professional degree job as an AV tech was outTechnical training (not B.A.) sourced, and I was moved to 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 the networking group by my Average Salaries (x 1,000) Reported by Level of Education company,” one respondent said. “It paid for retraining, including certification in a new field, and it worked out great. More recently, we of technical or vendor support and irritation with have outsourced some of the more menial tasks in communication barriers. Additionally, many indethe network field, freeing us up to do more interestpendent IT contractors are gnashing their teeth over ing things like network implementation projects.” lost contracts. And some individuals even turned the tables. Certification showed up significantly on many IT “I lost my job because of (outsourcing) and started professionals’ radar, and many respondents said my own company,” another respondent said. “I am now very successful, and people outsource to me.” Unfortunately, not all the comments we received were as positive as those — some say that in the absence of outsourced team members, they now have more work, or the environment in their department has deteriorated, with the threat of outsourcing looming. Others are having difficulty finding a comparable position or even finding any job at all. One respondent said both he and his wife lost their positions, and then they went into debt to retrain themselves because neither the government nor their previous employer would help defray education expenses. Then, there are perhaps more typical complaints about lack 100 http://www.ata.net.cn/english http://www.ata.net.cn/english
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