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How AI is reshaping global hiring corridors

The New Talent Economy Report

International hiring follows patterns most companies never see.
This report maps them across 3,000+ employment transactions and 98 markets.

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The race for top talent is accelerating.
Not everyone is in the right lane

Some markets are scaling faster than others, and AI is fuelling the gap. Understanding which ones, and why, is now what separates the best hiring strategies from the rest.

Behind the data

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Hiring corridors

Key routes, cost advantages and why they dominate

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AI talent crisis

Hard to fill roles and where to find them

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The seniority shift

Why 40% of cross-border hires are senior or leadership roles

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UK & US deep dive

Why are the largest hiring markets being forced to go global

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Eastern Europe & Asia

Top tech hiring regions and what’s driving demand there

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Plus 123 Hiring destinations, regional salary benchmarks and the EOR vs entity framework for 2026.

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"Cross-border hiring is not random, not evenly distributed and not driven by opportunity alone. It is structured, concentrated and engineered."

- Robert Walters Market Intelligence, in partnership with Native Teams

Every data point = a completed employment transaction

Produced with Robert Walters Market Intelligence

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global regions

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This report is based on a curated and anonymised sample of 3,000+ cross-border hiring and employment transactions drawn from Native Teams’ 2025 market research data. Transactions were selected based on completeness of geographic, workforce and employment-model information to support reliable global hiring analysis. The findings reflect trends observed within Native Teams’ operational ecosystem and should not be interpreted as a complete representation of the global employment market.