The scarcity of tech talent is hardly news. It is a major pain point for businesses, who have struggled in recent years to find enough experienced developers and technical talent. This talent shortage has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with more businesses discovering the need to build digital versions of their products, intensifying the competition for hiring available tech talent. Remote work may be the silver lining. At VanHack, we’ve developed a platform that enables companies to hire qualified and experienced tech candidates from anywhere in the world, allowing them to easily source and attract the best global tech talents to join their teams.
The increased hiring competition has led to an increase in average wages for developers, meaning that startups and small businesses with smaller hiring budgets compared to bigger multinational organizations are the most affected by this tech labor shortage.
Remote tech talent to the rescue
By combining video conferencing tools like Zoom and digital task management tools like Asana, many companies have essentially eliminated the need for brick and mortar offices, giving their employees more freedom and flexibility, while reducing overhead costs like rent and maintenance.
The major benefit of this move towards remote work recruitment-wise is that it opens companies up to a larger global talent pool. However, the international market is brand new to them, and they don’t know how to navigate through these uncharted waters.
Boosting Remote Work: The VanHack solution to tech talent scarcity
At VanHack, we’ve developed a platform that enables companies to hire qualified and experienced tech candidates from anywhere in the world, allowing them to easily source and attract the best global tech talents to join their teams.
In 6 years, we’ve placed over 1000 mid-level and senior developers, software engineers, and analysts in companies across North America and Europe. Our Hiring Partners develop strong working relationships with our team, and trust us to handle their recruitment process for the following reasons:
- Quality of talent: Developers in the VanHack talent pool, or what we affectionately refer to as VanHackers, go through a rigorous, standardized test to ensure that their skills are up to the level demanded by these companies. We test for their soft skills, personality traits, and their ability to communicate in English, to ensure the best fit for applied roles. The VanHack Premium Academy also provides them with additional resources that help them grow and be better prepared for the interview process.
- Seamless recruitment process: Whether they meet candidates from a listing or through one of our acclaimed hiring events, the entire process from meeting with a candidate to offering a contract happens on the VanHack platform, making it easy to manage and monitor. Our system allows for integrations with third-party applicant tracking systems like Greenhouse and Workable, and also with their Calendars for easy booking of meetings. You can see a detailed overview of our platform here.
- Immigration assistance: While we help companies access remote talent across the globe, we also have dedicated in-house immigration consultants to streamline the process of relocating the remote staff from where they currently live to where the company is, as pain-free as possible.
- Low employee turnover: Because immigrated employees are required to stay at the company on their visas and are committed to starting a new chapter of their lives in a new country, VanHack-hired employees typically stay at companies for over 2 and a half years, providing much-needed stability and freedom from worries about staff getting poached or leaving abruptly.
- Payment only at value realization: Our platforms are free to list on and our hiring events are free to attend, and companies only pay when they have successfully made a hire. Even then, there’s a 3-month payment-back guarantee if there are issues with the employee.
Open yourself to a new world of talents
Many companies like Booking.com, Automattic, and Brex have already worked with VanHack to get ahead of the talent shortage crisis and hire great tech employees from around the world.
To join our community of VanHack Hiring Partners, head over here to get started. Got questions? Connect with our team at [email protected].
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🌎 VANHACK, LinkedIn Talent Awards Winner 2021, is Canada’s most respected recruitment company. With more than 1,900 hires, VanHack is on a mission of increasing diversity and creating a borderless world. Is your company having trouble finding the best tech talent? VanHack helps you hire top tech talent ready to relocate to your city.
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