Remote jobs aren't disappearing — they're just moving out of expensive coastal metros like New York and San Francisco.
Faced with labor shortages and rising wages, companies are hiring for more remote jobs overseas and in smaller U.S. cities.
Where remote jobs are goingRemote hiring is expanding beyond its traditional strongholds, like India, creating new "Zoomtowns" overseas and in pockets of the U.S. Midwest.
The number of North American companies with remote workers in Central America and the Caribbean, for example, has grown 300% between 2020 and 2023, according to new research from Lightcast.
How to stand out in a more competitive remote job market
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Nicholas Bloom, Kim Rutledge, Rutledge, George Denlinger, Robert Half, Layla O'Kane, Bloom
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