37% of All Job Applicants Applying for Remote Jobs

I've written on Digital Nomad trends before, and how governments are changing policies to better reflect a trial period versus an open floodgate for wealthy remote workers. But even as policies get more restrictive, the lifestyle that nomading represents (even with the pain in the butt around visas, cultural assimilation, and struggle for WiFi) remains extraordinarily attractive.

An interesting article from the LA times yesterday notes only 9% of all jobs posted on LinkedIn offer candidates the ability to be fully remote (a sharp drop since the pandemic as companies mandate return to office), but 37%, almost 4 in 10 job seekers are applying for these jobs.

This mobile, highly-skilled workforce is essentially engaged in an arbitrage game with governments, while those same governments play a containment game. Those offering the maximum benefits with the least taxes attract the most workers, but those who offer too much without enough guardrails risk destabilizing local economies and incurring the wrath of locals.