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Beyond Politics: Do Job Creation and Outsourcing Go Hand in Hand?

This weeks announcement between Dr Pepper Snapple and HCL Technologies has us thinking about how the practice of Outsourcing has been changing in recent years. Traditionally viewed as simply a means of cost arbitrage (effectively, moving work from one high … Read More…

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Rethinking the Corporate Ladder

Periods of economic upheaval tend to see organizations rethinking their relationship with their employees. Some of this is driven by the employer (see the ‘rightsizing’ that has taken place over the last year), but others are driven by the changing … Read More…

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The Smart Cube Financial Services Survey : Implications of The Credit Crunch

Listen or read any news site or publication over the last several months and talk of the economy is never far behind. Recession or no recession, individuals and corporations alike are clearly acting as if we are in one. Housing … Read More…

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Offshoring – Taking its place within the Management Toolkit

One of the most intriguing findings from our recent Financial Services survey related to the impact of offshoring (and outsourcing*) on the financial job market – both in recent years as well as today. All in all, 70% of recruiters … Read More…

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Is Corporate America Outsourcing Itself Out of Opportunities to Cultivate Future Leaders?

These days, companies aren’t questioning whether to outsource as much as they are pondering how best to go about it. Although still the proverbial hot potato fraught with workforce insecurities, political quagmires, and public relations sensitivities, outsourcing moved from “emerging … Read More…

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