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During SlatorCon Remote November 2023, Slator surveyed attendees at a panel about talent in the language industry, asking buyers and language service providers (LSPs) separately how easy it is to find workers. 40% of respondents among buyers said it is “very difficult”, 33% said it is “difficult”, 26% said it was “sufficiently easy”, and no one said it was “very easy.” Almost half of respondents at LSPs, 48%, said it is “difficult” to...
Hiring in the global language industry has been heating up in the months following the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Confirming this trend, the Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) jumped a record 3.3 points in October 2020 - its biggest increase for the year.  The October LIJI rose to 102.55 from September, surpassing its baseline established in July 2018 (100). In an encourage sign of recovery, the LIJI now stands at about the...