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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