Talent is 昀氀owing to the hardest problems It’s one thing to have great talent, but are they working on the hardest problems? Here, we look at the 昀氀ow of talent into and within the tech industry, broken down by theme. This helps us to quantify talent 昀氀ows and identify the sectors drawing in top talent, whether they are completely new to the tech industry or moving jobs within it. Sustainability and health take the #1 and #2 spots, clearly re昀氀ecting the powerful magnetic effect of pur- pose-led companies in attracting talent. Top 10 themes by number of new joiners, by type New joiners from within tech Net new tech joiners Sustainability / Climate Health Digital care Supply Chain & Logistics Hardware HR Tech Electric Vehicles Insurance Transportation Sales & Marketing Notes: To adjust for lags in reporting, we 0 50k 100k 150k 200k 250k compare snapshots of data at # of new joiners different points in time, which allows us to estimate future growth of current figures by extrapolating differences between time points. 2022 data shown as of 20 September 2023. Companies Sources: Powered by may be assigned to multiple themes, causing talent to also being assigned to more than one theme. | 154
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