In Recession Doesn't Stop Tech Offshore Outsourcing, Alan Tonelson lists some recent statistics, which show while the U.S. has the worst employment rates since the Great Depression, companies are busy offshore outsourcing more jobs.

U.S. LABOR FORCE TRENDS

U.S. total imports, Jan.-June, 2009: -26.17%

U.S. imports of Other Private Services,* Jan.-June, 2009: +1.03%

U.S. total imports, June, 2008-June, 2009: -55.12%

U.S. imports of Other Private Services, June, 2008-June, 2009: +0.75%

Unemployment rate for U.S. software engineers, 2d Quarter, 2009: 5.0 %

Unemployment rate for U.S. computer scientists and systems analysts, 2d Quarter, 2009: 6.4%

Unemployment rate for U.S. electrical engineers, 2d Quarter, 2009: 8.6%

Services means I.T., offshore outsourcing, now read as imports, work being done offshore.