Today the increasing trend in hiring employees is to look at
industries which are likely to require more employees in the immediate
future than to look at the development of specialized skills among the
employees. This is the opinion of some experts who have been even Secretary
of Labor during the time of President Clinton. Others go to the extent of
suggesting that jobs in American industry itself are dying out and in that
case looking at industries which may give more jobs in the future are not
Practical situation during the three years prior to 9/11 suggests that
is not a realistic evaluation. That was a period when there were a lot of
available jobs and even then the salary levels rose sharply. It was then
that the organizations could not get enough employees from within their own
system. This was due to the practice that the American companies had been
following of hiring employees at the earliest possible and then continuing
The requirement of certain specialized skills had risen sharply, and
one of the original ideas that had been given at that time was to hire the
required employees from outside. This was opposed by the employees as it
felt that this would lead to reductions in opportunities for advancement
for their members. To convince them the strategy then was then suggested
was to give them guaranteed positions for two years irrespective of the
foreign employees hired. It was also decided that the foreign employees
would not be placed in positions above them in the salary levels. This
negotiation strategy satisfied the demands of the employees. They felt
secure about their jobs. The compulsion from their side was that they would
have to learn the new skills that were required. The organization supported
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