Remote work hiring of Colombians by companies that are in other countries grew 172% in the first half of this year compared to 2021 and turns the country into a ‘hub’ of attractive talent supply. outgrow it Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.
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This is how the Global Report on the Recruitment of International Talent delivered by the firm Deel, which helps organizations to add, incorporate, pay and even retain their collaborators in other countries, reviews it.
The report shows who hires, who is hired and where, while reporting the salary panorama, taking into account more than one hundred thousand contracts concluded in more than 150 countries by the platform.
In general, he affirms, the markets that most recruit Colombian professionals are United States, Mexico, Canada, Chile and the United Kingdom. It is evident that Bogotá is positioned within the top 5 of the ranking of the places in the world in which more people were hired to work remotely. Cities such as London, Toronto and Madrid are first on the list, which shows that Colombian talent is becoming increasingly attractive to companies globally.
Natalia Jiménez, regional manager of Expansion for South America at Deel, notes that the professions that were most recruited for remote work from Colombia to foreign markets were system engineers, sales development representatives and account managers.
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The demand for Colombian professionals dedicated to product management and design has increased in foreign companies. “Particularly, Colombian professionals continue to be among the most sought after, given the wide range of professionals from different specialties with great talent and skills, which gives them greater competitiveness,” He says.
Likewise, Jiménez adds that “What we see today is that the digital world is eliminating borders and in the global hiring trend it doesn’t matter what the passport is. What we show is that the best talent wants to work in the best companies, people are thinking about global opportunities”, comments the expert.
Below what Colombia registers, in Latin America international contracting grew 161% in the last semester and continues to increase. “It is the region that has the largest number of companies hiring abroad, followed by Asia Pacific”, secure the analysis.
With the high demand for labor and low supply of candidates, there is a trend towards higher salaries. The largest increases are recorded Brazil (174%), Argentina (169%) and Mexico (108%), for roles contracted through Deel.
“Particularly in Colombia, the positions that registered the greatest increase in their salaries during the last six months were: recruitment (292%), operations (181%) and content creators (131%)”.
The expert comments that indeed, there are salary differences depending on the country. And although Latin talent today may be cheaper in some fields, that balance tends to balance.
“We are seeing more demand and salaries are going up until the balance is achieved with global workers, because they are people who get paid, no matter where they live,” add.
In ages, young people between 25 and 34 years old are the ones who most prefer to work remotely (62%) followed by those between 35 and 44 years old (20%).
ADVANTAGES AND WEAKNESSES
Natalia Jiménez explains that the Deel Colombia operation was launched in 2021 and that the results are satisfactory, as shown by the growing interest of foreign companies in capturing local talent.
(‘40% of hires are from the technology sector’).
As there is expansion towards Colombia, companies from abroad are also working to locate profiles to start their plan to open up in the market. Organizations that are in the country also look for profiles in markets where they plan to reach.
It highlights several advantages of Colombia for this type of recruitment.
“First, our time zone is very good. We can work with the Americas, with the Southern Cone and with Europe, the second thing is that there is very good talent in technology development, customer service and all the commercial part”, the directive says.
Regarding the weaknesses, he underlines, as the main one, the absence of English. And then he mentions the lack of connectivity that, if extended, could play in favor of job opportunities in areas that were not previously a focus for recruiting talent, and to the benefit of the development of the regions.
PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE WITH CRYPTOCURRENCIES
People hired through Deel can withdraw part of their payment in cryptocurrencies, a stable option compared to 2021. Globally, during the first half of 2022, 5% of platform withdrawals were in crypto, more than in the previous years. previous six months.
In Colombia, 2% of workers received their payments by this modality, with bitcoin (52%) being the most used currency. USDC (24%) and Ethereum (14%) followed. The regions that make the most withdrawals like this are Latin America (67%); Europe and the Middle East and Africa (24%).
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