We´re experiencing the peak of technological evolution nowadays. And with this evolution comes the companies increasing demand to find qualified professionals on that same area.

The pandemic did not present itself as an obstacle to IT recruitment, which is one of the most important tools in the tech area. Like many other companies, we adapted our specialized recruitment processes and we tried to help our IT recruits adjust to these needs.

The demand is no longer one-sided

When analysing the tech market more thoroughly, we can see that the world of IT recruitment has too many needs for the existing number of qualified professionals.

Recent times showed how Portugal took a step into the spotlight of technology. Our professional quality and fruitful soft sills, that extensively define us, placed us one step ahead in the race. Besides all these, we are also closer culturally and geographically, we are handy when it comes to foreign languages, and we have a vast technical know-how.

For the employer the demand for talent is high. The it recruiters know which are (some of) the most wanted areas and where to look: Data & Analytics Manager, DevOps Engineer, Cyber Security Manager, etc. There is a higher demand for hard and soft skills (combined), leadership skills, communication, and guidance towards problem resolution. For workers with these characteristics to be interested in the available job openings there’s a necessity for the employer to be able to give them what they want. More importantly, they should know how to keep and retain the employee, ensure the benefits are long term and not only a decoy.

For the worker there are other impending factors, and all of them equally important. Flexible hours, better payments, education and activity benefits, quality tech tools, challenging and interesting work and, last but not least, the possibility of a full-time remote position.

Remote work

Portugal takes the lead as the best place to remote work from. Our geoclimatic conditions and our low-cost lifestyle are just some of the reasons.

However, we’re not just a safe harbour for remote workers all over the world. We also opened our doors to this new experience. Many Portuguese companies, especially in the technology areas, accepted this new practice with open arms.

In the opinion of many workers and employers, remote work allows for an immense variety of benefits, such as a diverse set of talents, an increase of productivity, retention, and carbon footprint. If we have to name some of the reasons less positive that come to mind, we would have to point out the complication of planning the work force, with a special focus on the company’s culture or payments.

Remote IT recruitment

To keep up with this trend, IT recruitment companies focused also on a hybrid hiring method. The candidates initiate their recruitment process virtually and can end it (or not) in person, at the company they were selected for. This way, it becomes possible for companies to save time and costs. Looking for new ways to find balance between on-site and virtual allows to optimize the candidate’s experience by conjugating the advantages of face-to-face and the speed of online recruitment.

For these processes to be 100% effective, the companies will have to focus on their digital transformation. By investing on technology, they save valuable time avoiding repetitive chores such as sharing job openings, analyzing CVs, send application updates, etc. This specialized digital recruitment requires a technological optimization of the recruitment funnels.

We finally entered an era where we can walk hand in hand with technology without fear and automate the things we though would always be 100% human.