LEADING UK supermarket Tesco is to offer 200 disabled people jobs in a bid to develop an "overlooked pool of talent", it said. Around 200 placements, which give disabled people the chance to gain work experience, will be turned into permanent jobs this year, Tesco added. Personnel director Judith Nelson said: "We will continue to support disabled workers throughout the business and welcome their enthusiasm and skills."
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Too Many Jobs Is A Bad Thing?
India Begs US To Stop Outsourcing Customer Service Jobs
India has publicly requested that the United States halt the increasing practice of outsourcing call centers handling customer support. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's mention of what he called the "unexpected controversies" generated over the issue came days after remarks critical of India by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick over the outsourcing issue. "Outsourcing makes businesses more competitive, and we thought the influx of high-paying jobs was a good idea at first," Vajpayee said. "But the cost to our society has been enormous."
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