It reduces the desire of Bulgarians to work abroad

05.08.2024

IT REDUCES THE DESIRE OF BULGARIANS TO WORK ABROAD

Fewer and fewer Bulgarians want to work abroad. This is shown by the data for Bulgaria from Decoding Global Talent 2024 - a joint web survey by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), The Network and The Stepstone Group. Jobs.bg is the partner of the BCG survey for Bulgaria.

Boston Consulting Group (BCG), founded in 1963, is a leading global consulting firm with offices in over 100 locations worldwide.

The Network is a global network including the leading career media in more than 140 countries.

The Stepstone Group is a leading global talent recruitment platform operating in more than 30 countries.

Jobs.bg is the partner of the Boston Consulting Group study for Bulgaria.

The survey was conducted in the period October-December 2023 in 188 countries, with more than 150,000 respondents participating in it. In Bulgaria, the survey was conducted among the audience of Jobs.bg, with 969 respondents participating in it. The aim of the research is to show where people want to move to work and why.

The results for Bulgaria show that only 7% of the survey participants have an active desire to work abroad. For comparison, according to data from the same survey conducted in 2020, 14% actively wanted to work abroad, and in 2018 – 40%.

As for job positions, the report reveals that the share of talents in Bulgaria who are willing to work abroad is the largest among those engaged in Business Management (23%), Digitalization, Data Science, AI (18%) and Services, Restaurant and Hospitality (18%).

On the other hand, Bulgaria is becoming less and less attractive for foreigners who want to work in our country, it is clear from the report. In 2023, our country is in 86th place in the world in terms of overall attractiveness for global talents, and according to data from the same study, in 2020 it was in 60th position, and in 2018 - in 40th place. Turkey is the country from which the largest percentage of all respondents would like to come to Bulgaria to work, followed by Australia, the Netherlands and Romania.