Recruiting Trends in the Post-Pandemic Tech Job Market

15 Recruiting Trends in the Post- Pandemic Tech Job Market

1. Open tech jobs received a median of 120 applicants in 2019 but only 77 in 2021! 2. There were 81% more tech jobs advertised in 2021 than in pre-pandemic 2019.

3. Only about 25% of tech job applicants were female. 4. The employment gender gap grew wider as the seniority of a tech job rose.

5. 80%+ of all applicants to tech jobs come from organic sources (e.g., company career sites, LinkedIn, and online job boards). 6. Yet applicants from referral programs are 2.5x to 18x times more likely to get hired than applicants from organic sources.

7. Meanwhile, 85% of female applicants to tech jobs apply using organic sources. 8. Remote hiring is exploding (e.g., up 300% at Fortune 500 companies) and changing job requirements (e.g., 221% increase in requirements for remote team management).

9. Smaller companies are driving most of tech job growth, not Fortune 500 or public companies. 10. Tech job growth is higher in emerging tech hubs like Miami and Salt Lake City than it is in traditional powerhouses like Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area.

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