Thousands of tech workers started hunting for new jobs as layoffs rippled across the industry in recent weeks, but many say these workers won't be on the market long.
A wave of companies in the tech sector and beyond are lining up to lure in some of the highly-specialized workers startups and tech giants have let go as investor exuberance around the industry faded over the last few months.
Sumeru Chatterjee, who served as head of content and community for Vancouver-based education technology company Thinkific, was laid off in April with about 100 others. He's now building his own company. "You know, asking the employers if they've done layoffs in the past and why and how, asking employers do you have tough conversations internally? And if so, what do they look like?"
The 2019 government-funded report listed software developers, data scientists and analysts, cybersecurity workers and IT support specialists among the most in-demand positions. "It's just insane to me," said Snobar. "These guys are getting poached and by the big players...so for startups, you have to find people that are driven not just by dollars, but also by dreams."
That strategy is playing out at Thomson Reuters Corp., where recruiting is underway for 120 tech jobs, including engineers, data analysts and product managers.