{"id":601706,"date":"2022-07-03T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T05:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=601706"},"modified":"2022-07-01T13:58:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T11:58:40","slug":"the-great-resignation-is-pushing-companies-to-offer-these-remote-work-jobs-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business-opinion\/601706\/the-great-resignation-is-pushing-companies-to-offer-these-remote-work-jobs-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;great resignation&#8217; is pushing companies to offer these remote-work jobs in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>International companies are increasingly outsourcing their skills as working remotely becomes the new norm around the world.<\/p>\n<p>In the US, a shortage of applicants to tech companies has led to economic hubs such as Silicon Valley trying something new and offshoring jobs to other countries reports <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/great-resignation-tech-companies-offshoring-engineering-jobs-globalization-remote-2022-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BusinessInsider<\/a><\/strong>. As globalisation continues to increase, the &#8216;great resignation&#8217; is spurring tech companies to move jobs to developing economies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The USA and a number of other countries around the world are feeling the effects of the so-called great resignation \u2013 the phenomenon whereby vast swathes of employees simply quit their jobs instead of returning to the office,&#8221; said Advaita Naidoo, the managing director of the African division at Jack Hammer Global.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The socio-economic environment in South Africa means that while some people are indeed quitting, most don\u2019t have the luxury to do so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Naidoo said that jobs are not exclusively being outsourced to South Africa in particular; instead, they have seen an increase in enquiries from international companies that are &#8216;location-agnostic&#8217; and are fully supportive of remote working.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were no instances of this a few years ago, but, over the past two years, at least 5% of the roles we have seen can be worked from anywhere, and this proportion is likely to grow,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Naidoo said there has been a wide combination of available job offerings specifically focused on leadership roles in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital transformation;<\/li>\n<li>Artificial intelligence;<\/li>\n<li>Data science;<\/li>\n<li>Other related fields.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More broadly, companies have also been seeking executives in technology-enabled companies or companies that are &#8216;digital-first&#8217;, said Naidoo.<\/p>\n<p>This shift is a recognition of the fact that, with the right mindset and enablement, many roles can be fulfilled remotely, she said.\u00a0 &#8220;These days, this can be done without the need to relocate physically.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Naidoo said that remote work also acts as a powerful incentive to gather skilled talent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The two biggest bargaining chips right now are flexibility and career development. We would all like to earn more money, and most good companies would like to offer their loyal <span class=\"il\">employees<\/span>\u00a0increased\u00a0<span class=\"il\">financial<\/span> incentives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/601644\/sars-is-quizzing-south-africas-richest-on-their-investments-assets-and-lifestyles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SARS is quizzing South Africa\u2019s richest on their investments, assets and lifestyles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The economic situation in South Africa has made it immune from the effects of the Great Resignation encouraging international conglomerates to look aboard for talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":601734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26,16850],"class_list":["post-601706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-opinion","tag-headline","tag-jack-hammer-global"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601706"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601780,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601706\/revisions\/601780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}