More than 70% of Canadian companies surveyed report difficulty finding the talent they need for 2026, with tech and digital skilled workers among the hardest to source. A senior director of payroll operations at Remote, working from Toronto for a U.S. HR tech company, recommends that Canadian companies hire remote workers to address the talent shortage. Remote serves as an Employer of Record to help businesses hire, manage, and pay international workers, and it operates with a distributed workforce. Remote has been used to hire talent across 114 countries, including many Canada-based employees. The approach shifts hiring away from local location preferences and treats the entire world as the talent pool.
"For the sixth year in a row, more than 70 per cent of Canadian companies surveyed by ManpowerGroup reported difficulty finding the talent they need for 2026. Skilled workers for tech and digital roles are among the most difficult to find."
"“Moving towards a global hiring approach unlocks a lot more opportunities,” says Ms. Pittock. Founded in 2019, Remote is a U.S. HR tech company that acts as an Employer of Record to help businesses hire, manage and pay international workers. Not surprisingly, Remote itself is made up of 2,000 remote workers."
"Ms. Pittock says that Canadian companies have used Remote to hire talent across 114 countries globally, with more Canada-based employees hired than those from any other single country. Companies in other countries have also used Remote to hire Canadians. “Leaders struggle to find skilled candidates locally,” Ms. Pittock says."
"Having employees work remotely isn't a new concept, but hiring remote-first goes well beyond that. It's a creative approach based on the idea that companies don't need to favour candidates who live in the city or province where a company is headquartered, or even the same country. The whole world becomes the talent pool."
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