Unemployment Drops Further while Call Centers
In the U.S.  Face Tough Times

The unemployment rate continues to drop as the American economy continues to grow year after year and quarter after quarter.

Does anyone remember how before the past Preesidential election newspapers and major news media sources like CBS, NBC, ABC and the New York Times had story after story telling of how we were losing hundreds of thousands of jobs overseas? They actually had and continue to have the audacity to say that the economic situation in America is bleak - especially when  Republican is in office.  Outsourcing was the latest bogeyman to avoid at all costs.

AP Headline today: Jobless Rate 4.4 Percent, 5-Year Low

It is amazing how our economy grows and grows and yet those that want to paint a not-so-rosy picture point to American corporations that transfer jobs overseas.  They never do seem to also point out that companies from all over the world 'in-source'. In fact - we as a nation benefit greatly from in-sourcing and our unemployment rate continues to drop.

For years the largest economy on earth has seen growth going on over a decade.  Yet you would not know this from the media. To them, we need to hear only the negative on our economy. It is as if they are on a mission to make our country look bad - and only paint a good picture when a Democrat is in office.

I noticed this trend long ago when homelessness seemed to evaporate when President Clinton took office, only to re-emerge when a Republican took office.  Yet the figures never changed year after year. There are still the same 1.5 to 3 million homeless in America. Admittedly a travesty, but there are always those who for whatever reason do not prosper. The point is that the media will only point to and have major stories on the homeless when the republicans are in office. From day one of any Democratic Presidency, homeless explodes - and with no change in the actual estimation of the number who are indeed homeless.

I've always found that interesting since I am not a Republican and am not even a fan of President Bush. Yet if you are not going to like someone in politics, at least be factual.

Major case in point is the percentages and unemployment. I wonder how many who are not into politics knows that the very same numbers that were used to damn President Bush on the unemployment rate in  2004 were 'beautiful' and 'low' unemployment rates when a Democrat - President Clinton was in Office.

Look at this article from 1996 - CNN's own site. The article states that the unemployment rate in the United States was 5.6%.  This very same rate is terrible, horrible and so on while Bush was running for re-election. 
http://www.cnn.com/US/9607/05/jobless/

Now is that a wake up to reality or what? Even though we live in a free society with the freest press with rights backed up by our constitution, the 'big lie' is alive and well.  Before the 2004  elections the major media did their best to make Americans believe that the unemployment rate was horrible. Story after story you would see unemployment lines and unhappy headlines as this or that company closed up shop in the U.S. only to open and employ workers in foreign nations.

Most never knew that the unemployment rate before the election was 5.6%. Interesting how 5.6% is an 'already low' rate according to CNN while Clinton was in office, and yet the same percentage was horrible, getting worse and so on just because a Republican is in office.

When you point out these facts, is there any wonder that larger and larger audiences are turning away from the major news media (MSN) in droves, year after year. The American people are growing tired with a media that constantly attacks the United States and blames us for every ill in the world.

Call Centers and Answering Services Job Situation

For the call center industry the outsourcing trend had major implications as many of the easiest tasks could easily be sent overseas for a lower cost to the company doing the outsourcing.  Indian and other workers overseas are willing and able to do the easiest tasks and for pennies on the dollar compared to their American counterparts.

Successful Office Bucks The Trend

What we've done here in our own company was do the opposite of what many other answering services, contact centers and virtual offices continue to do - which is cut costs.  We actually increased the salaries of our team members and have done extremely well with our factual boast of having the best paid and trained call center employees in the United States.  It is our belief that the small business men and women who want Americans to answer their calls understand that there is something lost when someone with strong accents or from other cultures are handling their inbound calls.

See Call Center Services and be amazed at what we can do for your own company in terms of efficiency and your company's image.  We will make your company look like a large multi-state organization in just 24 hours. All of this while still maintaining a friendly image as well.

Give us a call at 800-716-5518 and our friendly reps will answer all of your questions as well as give you a few points and ideas to help mesh our extensive answering services with our virtual office functions.
 

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