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[Page C9.] High-Skill Work Also Goes Offshore Contract documents between Microsoft and companies in India show that highly skilled technology workers are not immune to offshore outsourcing.
A number of limited guest worker programs already exist in the United States, but they are designed for skilled technology workers, who typically come from India, China and Eastern Europe.
Microsoft recently joined a group of Europe-based technology companies, including British Telecommunications, Nokia of Finland and Siemens of Germany, as well as IBM Europe, to urge greater cooperation between industry and governments in training skilled technology workers.
Critics of the outsourcing trend regard such agreements with Indian contractors, with work done both in the United States and in India, as a step toward shifting more and more skilled technology jobs overseas.
Yext founder Howard Lerman said in a recent phone interview that his company chose the Arlington location to benefit from the area's pool of skilled technology workers who hail from the government contracting ranks.
Studies in Britain and Germany as well as America show that the pace of job growth since the early 1990s has been slower in occupations that are easy to computerise.For the most talented and skilled, technology has increased the potential market and thus their productivity.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio is recognizing the momentum, stating earlier this year that the administration aims to have the majority of the city's skilled technology-related jobs filled by those educated in New York City schools within eight years.
"Our aim is that within eight years, the majority of skilled technology-related jobs in New York City are being filled by those educated in New York City schools," de Blasio said.
Right now, he says, "there simply aren't enough people in the US who are skilled in technology jobs," echoing a common complaint from start-ups to large technology companies like Google and Facebook.
Iantha was an excellent researcher and highly skilled with technology.
Highly skilled foreign technology engineers and medical specialists also come on temporary visas.
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