Enterprises are facing an unprecedented talent gap, but are they relying on an old approach to solve it?
COVID-19 pushed businesses to accelerate their digital transformations by as much as 6 years in the United States1. Knowledge workers are driving this innovation for enterprises. In order to keep up, employers have to evolve. But that’s a challenge for a country and localized markets with significant talent gaps.
The average enterprise is hiring for 66 knowledge worker jobs. With half of all roles taking at least 30 days to hire, that's the equivalent of three cumulative years spent recruiting talent that needs to be hired now.
While talent hubs like New York City, San Francisco, and Seattle are no surprise, Denver and Dallas round out the top five metro areas hiring knowledge workers. Up-and-coming hiring markets like Austin, Charlotte2, and San Diego also join the leaderboard.
While knowledge workers are in high demand, tech workers who specialize in data science, product, engineering, and design are critical to business growth. And it’s not just Technology companies who need them. Half of open tech roles are being hired in industries outside of Technology that need to accelerate their digital
Outside of the Technology industry, enterprises in Industrial and Consumer industries are trying to hire the most tech talent.
Section 04 Remote Work
The Remote Work Revolution of 2020 isn’t translating into mass opportunities for remote- first knowledge work jobs.
Tech and Finance are the most likely to be remote-first, but at substantially lower rates compared to total open knowledge worker roles.
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But don’t be fooled, even within the Technology sector, far more roles are tied to an office than are offering a remote-first position.
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