Many Americans are concerned about the threat of outsourcing. Jobs
that used to pay a lot now pay less or have been moved overseas. Yes,
some say that outsourcing will eventually have good effects for all.
I'm not really interested in that theory.

I would like a list of say 10 to 20 smart things that Americans can do
to ensure they have a healthy financial future in the face of this
"flattening" of the global job market. One of them if course is to get
a job that can't be outsourced. Examples of those would be fine. But
I'd like other things you can do to prepare for the effects of
outsourcing.

Ideally the answer would be in the form of "bullet" point followed by
an explanatory sentence or two for each item.

Thanks.

Here are  few for thoughts: Thse cannot be outsourced

Physician  Assistant, Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse 
  
Teaching or Proffessorship: public, private and secondary institutions 

Insurance sales, or claims, Banking and Finance positions that involve sales.

To invest in the future buy something of value that cannot be manufactured:

case in point, real estate.  That is the basis of most wealth in the United States.

I think we can safely conclude that outsourcing will never be good for
ALL = everyone. By 2099 for a majority of USA citizens perhaps. For
the next 95 years I see many injured in at least minor ways, directly
or indirectly, unless the USA takes steps to limit outsourcing.
cmiller gave a good list, except it limits the probable expansion of
the internet. Individuals can likely be better educated today (if they
are sufficiently motivated) via computer rather than in formal class
rooms. It appears to me that only the lab type instruction requires
brick and morter and something like a holodeck may end that exception
soon.
Assuming you have already chosen your life work, avoid unions and
similar organizations, and movements such as women's lib. Don't ask
(or hint) for a pay raise. Accept graciously if you get a pay raise.
Try to perform beyond expectations, and have what management would
requard as a good attitude.   Neil

A Company in US had hired Prison inmates for their call center operations.. 
(the test run is undeway, in some part of US)

Perhaps.. the smartest idea in recent times.. as because they are
state prisoners, so companies can hire them at low wages, (not to
mention) because they are in prison.. these guys HAVE to work and
REPORT to work :)

You want jobs that physically cannot be done in another country. That
rules out most small manufacturing and finishing work, sales and
backoffice work is also vulnerable to relocation unless face-to-face
contact with the client or site visit is essential.

Construction related jobs obviously are site-specific; even if
prefabrication is contracted offsite (and therefore out-of-country)
measuring and fitting has to be done on site. In the UK there is a
marked shortage of plumbers, electricians and the like, with calls for
immigration to meet these skill shortages.

Funeral directing can't be located out-of-country very easily, and
even with the downturn in domestic manufacturing goods still have to
be delivered, so distribution and haulage industries are fairly safe.

Owain