Where is Global Hiring Heading Next? Inside the RemoFirst Hiring Index

Six months of real, anonymized hiring data from 10,000+ companies across 185+ countries - and what it means for your hiring strategy heading into Q4.

Get smarter about global HR and the future of work.

Twice a month, we send sharp advice and research trusted by thousands of HR leaders, founders, and people managers. No fluff, just what matters.

What you'll learn

Real hiring signals, not survey guesses

Every trend comes from real hiring activity on RemoFirst's platform — not estimates. We'll walk through what changed across Q2 and Q3, and what it signals for Q4 planning.

  • Why Software Engineer has stayed the most-hired role globally every month this year — and where AI-specific engineering roles are now outpacing it.
  • How regional hiring share has shifted between Europe, Asia, and North America month over month, and which regions are gaining or losing ground.
  • Which emerging markets - like Italy, the Netherlands, and Poland - have posted triple-digit month-over-month hiring growth, and what's driving it.
  • The hidden cost of compliance: what the data shows about hours spent per international hire, and how that's changed over the last six months.