How do we Become Irreplaceable?
Thomas Friedman wrote in his book, “The World is Flat” that the only jobs safe from getting exported and mechanized are those that are irreplaceable. How much skill does your job require and can it be done by a machine or abroad remotely? You would be suprised at home many jobs can be sent abroad. Even teaching can be done remotely. What about journalism? There are writers being paid in India who will write a news story much cheaper than anywhere else. What jobs are safe? Very few. We will always need firemen, but who says we always need cashiers or burger flippers?

The Fastest One Wins
In the world we live in today, everyone is in a race. The internet now lets anyone be included in the global job market. All someone needs is a connection to the internet and a skill to offer. There are kids in China who are hungry to learn. They work hard for much less. The internet destroys all country borders. Anyone from anywhere can access any website (unless limited by your Government) and perform any job that can be performed remotely. Why are your jobs going abroad? Because people abroad will do them better, for less. We need to wake up in the morning and get ready to run because people in less developed countries are working harder and getting smarter to compete for our precious jobs. If you aren’t waking up in the morning ready to run, you are going to lose the race.

Are you Irreplaceable?
Develop a niche for yourself and make yourself ver with it. If they need you, they can’t send your job abroad. Become a viable part of your company, one they couldn’t bare to lose. Be ready to improve your education, work harder, and do whatever you can to win this race. In the future white collar jobs are going to be in high demand as they already are. The blue collar society of today is getting very quickly outsourced, mechanized, and quickly eliminated.

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