Last Thursday, we hosted a pretty amazing webinar about tech careers. 4 Landers got together to discuss why the Summer months are also a good time for tech professionals to look for a job.
So here’s a brief recap of what was said:
August is a good month for job hunting
There are usually three peaks in recruitment: March, August and October. Performance reviews, college graduates, and new year resolutions can justify March and October. But what about August? One would expect it to be calmer due to vacations, but it’s not. In fact, it shows a consistent increase in job applications (29% in 2019 and 48% in 2020). Why?
Well, new resolutions and the end of summer have something to do with it, sure, but Covid and “The Great Resignation” should also be taken into account: it has led tech professionals to rethink their skill set, look for more flexibility and worry about their career advancement.
Not all recruiters are Out of Office
While some may be, as is normal, many others are not. Not only that, but recruiters all over the world have also gotten their Hiring Semester Goals approved, and it’s more than likely that these didn’t decrease. So, yes, summer isn’t dead.
Recruitment is not fair nowadays
As our great Lander Pedro Castro said: recruitment is not fair. It’s not about who is the best candidate for the job, it’s about who is the candidate that is good enough for the job and lands at the right time.
This opens up an opportunity for tech professionals to stand out from the crowd, to apply to companies and eventually be hired. Recruiters are still being asked by management to present hires and lacking the numbers, so there’s a real window of opportunity here. Applying in August is a good way to guarantee you have a smooth process before reaching the candidate applications peak.
And other really interesting remarks…
Hiring global talent is not as popular as people assume
Surprisingly, a lot of companies are still reticent about hiring professionals from other countries to work remotely. Despite the many changes Covid might have brought and the general feeling that things will evolve in a sense of more flexibility, freedom and remoteness, many recruiters still prefer local talent (or at least put many restraints in their hiring criteria).
There’s still a bit of this mentality of ‘everyone needs to work at the same time’, and that’s not really remote. — Beatriz Agostinho, Talent Manager
However, we expect this to keep evolving because candidates are looking for remote jobs. And the more candidates requiring that, the more companies will have to offer it. As Beatriz says, “if companies want better talent, they need to be able to actually meet these requirements”.
Remote will probably help contractors
While some companies are still reluctant to hire people through contracting, according to Pedro Castro, remote might actually help turn things around. The complexities of hiring someone from another country with a permanent contract are far superior than that of hiring someone for a single project.
If you were part of the event, we hope you enjoyed it! If not, you can rewatch the whole event here!
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