APAC led strong global hiring trends in 2022
- Josephine Tan
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Despite a challenging economic climate, global hiring grew across 160 countries in 2022, with Asia-Pacific emerging as the fastest growing region. Specifically, 89% of all job roles were designed to be performed remotely, with Australia, Singapore and India ranked as the top three countries hiring remotely in 2022.
Indonesia, China, Vietnam, the UK, and India were the top markets organisations in Singapore sought talent from, while the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and Hong Kong are the top five countries hirings Singapore employees.
Deel Lab’s State of Global Hiring Report also found that software engineers and developers, product designers, product managers, quality assurance engineers, and project managers were the top roles that global organisations offered in 2022. This was mirrored in Asia-Pacific, with software engineers, sales and product roles emerging as the most popular roles hired.
In Singapore, virtual assistants, software engineers, software developers, content writers, and business development and sales were the top roles offered by organisations in Singapore.
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According to Karen Ng, Regional Head of Expansion and Market Lead, Singapore, ASEAN, India, talent shortage is still a pain point for organisations in Singapore, leading to them looking globally to fill talent gaps in the market.
She expects this trend to stay in the long term due to organisations having more sophisticated HR strategies, corporate infrastructure, and digital tools to support a global and hybrid workforce. This allows them to stay competitive and nimble, where they can turn to global hiring to secure in-demand talent or to retain talent who choose to move abroad, Ng concluded.
