Re: Recruiting people from abroad?

From: Rob Frankel <rob_at_robfrankel.com>
Date: Thu 31 Jul 2003 10:26:55 -0500

At 8:44 AM -0500 7/31/03, Brian Loudenslager wrote thusly:
>"it's much easier to simply hire people in India and let them work where
>they are."
>

SNIP

>When you can get 4 heads to 1 in another country,
>hiring our abroad is hard to turn down. We use to get resources in Mexico,
>but now their salaries are twice as high as India and China.
>
>The issue for those of us in the US is how do we stop this?

I think you answered the question above. The idea, at least as far
as I can understand it, behind NAFTA and the rest is that what
happened in Mexico will happen in India and China, too. I'm guessing
the thinking is that eventually, wages will rise in those countries,
too, making America competitive once more.
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