November 11, 2022
A Gartner Inc. study found that 58% of organizations reported having technology talent working in a fully remote, borderless deployment. This number has doubled in the last three years, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to Gartner, a borderless workforce means people working remotely from different countries under cross-border employment contracts. The survey also found that 27% of his leaders are considering hiring borderless tech employees.
Gartner Senior Director Analyst Gabriela Vogel said: “The Covid-19 pandemic has also accelerated cross-border employment and what started as an exception is no longer the case.”
The survey was conducted in the second quarter of 2022 with 288 C-level executives and their direct reports. The survey found that among organizations with borderless talent, 19% of his IT workforce is borderless.
The survey found that India was the top choice country for companies in Europe and North America to recruit cross-border skilled workers.
Gartner states that the top two specialties employers are looking for in Borderless talent are software engineering/application development, which is sought by 62% of survey respondents, and application support, which is sought by 55%. increase.