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AI has the potential to make hiring more efficient, increase recruiter capacity, and improve the candidate experience. Currently, Lee Harding, Director of Talent Acquisition and Talent Intelligence at Join Talent, sees companies mainly leveraging AI for efficiency and the candidate experience. Companies are looking to improve the recruiter experience by freeing up recruiters to work […]

In today’s world, fostering diversity in recruitment is important for businesses. Diverse teams create different perspectives, bring innovative ideas, and have much better problem-solving capabilities.  The goal here is to make sure that every candidate is valued regardless of their background, and there are a few steps you need to follow to make this happen. […]

New York City is one of the top 10 best cities for hiring software engineers in 2024 for many reasons. As the most populous city in the U.S., New York has the sixth largest talent pool of software engineers and it’s ranked seventh in elite engineering talent. However, with a median salary of $180,000, one […]

Bangalore, known as the Silicon Valley of India, stands out as one of the top cities to hire software engineers in 2024 for two reasons: its total number of engineers and volume of elite engineers. The city is the largest market for software engineers in the world. With over 360,000 software engineers, Bangalore has almost […]

San Francisco and the larger Bay Area, which includes Oakland and Silicon Valley, continues to be one of the world’s preeminent tech hubs. In our 2024 report on the top cities to hire software engineers, San Francisco ranks second in the world for strong engineering talent and has the third largest talent pool. Tech giants […]

The tech industry in Dublin, the capital and largest city of Ireland, has come a long way since IBM became the first U.S. tech company to set up an office there in 1956. It’s now one of Europe’s leading tech hubs, and our report on the 2024 top cities to hire software engineers found that […]

There’s currently a lot of momentum and interest in hiring software engineers from Latin America — particularly Mexico City, Guadalajara, São Paulo, and Buenos Aires. We expect these cities, along with others throughout Latin America, to continue growing and eventually become some of the top cities to hire software engineers. This presents an opportunity for […]

With over six million software engineers, India is one of the largest pools of tech talent in the world. In addition to being home to nearly a quarter of the world’s developers, India also boasts some of the highest concentrations of top engineering talent. Six Indian cities made our list of the top cities to […]

In our 2024 ranking of the top cities to hire software engineers, Seattle ranks at the top of the list based on its concentration of strong software engineers. The city also ranked third in the world,  and first in the U.S. based on its concentration of elite engineering talent.  With Microsoft and Amazon headquartered in […]