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Home Blog US call centre workers have increased despite rise of India
US call centre workers have increased despite rise of India
Written by Alex Singleton   
Friday, 18 August 2006

This story from Techdirt (a US site) actually surprised me - it turns out that the US has been increasing its total number of call centre workers even though its market share has declined:

Judging by stories in the media, you might think that India dominates the market for call centers, and we're probably a little guilty of feeding this perception as well. But the actual numbers paint a different picture; the US still dominates this space, as 62% of all global call center jobs are in the country. India's share is just 5%. And while the percentage has declined in the US, the net number of jobs has actually risen; in the past four years, the economy has created 183,000 new positions. It's not surprising that these numbers aren't often told. Layoffs make for a much better story than hiring. And while it's been noted plenty that Indian economic growth doesn't hurt our own economy, it's interesting that even this one specific industry isn't a zero-sum game. 

Comments (1)

Martin Kelly said:

  This statistic could have several interpretations.

Firstly, that call-centre jobs are being created at a rate faster than they can be offshored to India.

Secondly, that the available pool of Indians capable of performing such work is smaller than touted.

Thirdly, the ones that are aren't really very good.

Fourthly, jobs are being returned to the USA because customers resent offshoring.
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