AP: Workplace, work force transformed

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http://www.omaha.com/article/20090928/MONEY/709289978

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Going to work may never be the same again.

The Great Recession has reshaped the American workplace and work force in ways that will last years, if not longer.

People in white-collar jobs are feeling increasingly vulnerable to economic downturns, an insecurity that blue-collar workers have known for years.

Perhaps the most enduring change is the permanent loss of millions of jobs across the manufacturing, services and retail sectors.
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For textile factories and service sector employers like customer service call centers, the next wave of significant job creation will occur abroad, where labor is cheaper. That trend was under way before the recession and will accelerate, according to labor economists. Americans who would have held these jobs will have to retrain themselves for other jobs, such as assembling microchips and medical devices.

“We’re in a very deep jobs crisis, and we’re not coming out of it,” said William George, professor of management at Harvard Business School. “It’s too glib to say that jobs are a lagging indicator” and that hiring will return to normal once the economy does, he said.

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