"While cost remains a major factor in decisions about where to off-source, the quality of the labor pool is gaining importance, and this includes English language skills."
VOA: special.2011.01.21
"It's an available pool of skilled labor talent that other industries covet.
VOA: standard.2010.03.18
In fact there's a very big pooloflabor which, if we ever unlock it, could keep the expansion going.
The U.S. has a large poolof available labor, abundant raw materials and falling energy costs, said Paul van Eeden, president of Cranberry Capital, a private Canadian holding company.
David Roche's analysis of deflationary pressure on world markets brought about by China's seemingly endless poolof cheap manufacturing labor is a good one (" Tributary to the river of deflation, " Sept. 16).