Below you will see the
words and word combinations you are going to work with in the following
exercises. First, read the text and fill in the gaps with a proper word or
word combination:Things You Should Know About OutsourcingJob outsourcing is when U.S. companies Blank 1 Вопрос 1organic food instead of Americans. In 2013, U.S. hired 14 million foreign
workers.
The main negative effect of Blank 2 Вопрос 1work‑life balance is it increases unemployment.
American companies send IT jobs to India and China because the skills are
similar while the wages are much lower. So a lot of US It specialists are Blank 3 Вопрос 1fast‑food chains .
Human resources outsourcing reduces costs by pooling thousands of
businesses. This lowers the price of health benefit plans, retirement
plans, workers’ compensation insurance, legal expertise and a wide range
of other benefits like a Blank 4 Вопрос 1urban development . Surprisingly, Blank 5 Вопрос 1the economic boom may cause some human resource outsourcing firms to hire American
workers.
India has three qualities that attract American companies. First, the
labor force already speaks English. Second, its universities are among the
highest-ranked in the world. Third, its legal system is similar to the United
States, since both are rooted in the British system. Besides Blank 6 Вопрос 1outsourcing jobs to another country is rising fast there.
China is the world's largest exporter. A lot of U.S.
companies ship raw materials over, and the final goods are shipped back. Imagine
if all our imported products were partly manufactured in America? Of course, if
the United States did that, it would mean higher prices for consumers. That's
because U.S. workers need a higher salary to pay for the better standard of
living. If Americans stop buying Blank 7 Вопрос 1junk food and get hooked to Blank 8 Вопрос 1recruit workers overseas or
even Blank 9 Вопрос 1processed from popular Blank 10 Вопрос 1laid off , why we can’t do that?
Workers in many manufacturing industries have been replaced by
robots. To get new jobs, workers need training to operate the robots. Or just
be laid off due to the lack of jobs.
The freelance economy means that companies are laying off full-time, often
older, workers and replacing them with part-timers, temp help, ​and
freelance workers.