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Will nonservice based jobs cease to exist?

Schadenfroh

Schadenfroh

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It seems as time passes, people are working "smarter" and not 'harder'. When we compare how jobs are today to hundreds or even 50 years ago; it seems like non service based jobs are going down the drain quick.
 
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
It seems as time passes, people are working "smarter" and not 'harder'. When we compare how jobs are today to hundreds or even 50 years ago; it seems like non service based jobs are going down the drain quick.
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It seems that there are a ton of nonservice jobs over in Asia and the Pacific rim. With less government restriction and lower wages, building it over there and paying to ship works out cheaper.

On the whole, we are buying just as many if not more 'things' but they're not made here, anymore.

(from a North America / U.S.A. perspective)
 
Originally posted by: KLin
What do you mean by non-service jobs? Are you talking about white collar jobs?
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I think he means jobs where people actually make things. OP is right. Seems like most manufacturing jobs are all going overseas. If you want to get by in America, you've got to be skilled/educated.
 
Originally posted by: AMCRambler
Originally posted by: KLin
What do you mean by non-service jobs? Are you talking about white collar jobs?
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I think he means jobs where people actually make things. OP is right. Seems like most manufacturing jobs are all going overseas. If you want to get by in America, you've got to be skilled/educated.
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Eh, those so-called knowledge jobs are going overseas, too. If you want to get by in America, you have to be lucky.
 
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 0.9%
industry: 19.7%
services: 79.4% (2004 est.)

Workforce
farming, forestry, and fishing 0.7%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.7%, managerial, professional, and technical 34.9%, sales and office 25.5%, other services 16.3%

^CIA Factbook 2004

Meh, that is like 20% of the GDP and 23% of the workforce, I tried to find a graph of it over the last 50 years, but I think that's a little too much to expect from the massive garbage can we call the internet. My guess is it'll level off around 15%.

 
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