ISLAMABAD – According to the latest edition of the Boston ConsultingGroup’s Decoding Global Talent, workers looking for job abroad are mostlikely to want to head to the United States, Germany, Canada, UK andAustralia.
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*US*
Despite recent policy changes that are less than welcoming towardsimmigrants, the US remains the most attractive country for foreign workers.
It is the number one choice of people living in Latin America, theCaribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa, and second among workers from the MiddleEast and North Africa and Europe.
*GERMANY*
Germany has replaced the UK in second position. According to the report,workers from countries like Spain, Denmark, Poland, and Romania who werepreviously keen on the UK, now have their eye on Germany. The country haswelcomed many foreigners in recent years, and has a booming economy.
*CANADA*
Canada, with an immigration policy that welcomes the young and welleducated, providing they can speak English or French, is third. Accordingto the 2016 census, more than one-fifth of the Canadian population was bornin another country. The majority of new immigrants (60%) were admittedunder an economic category.
*AUSTRALIA*
Australia, in fourth place, has appeared in the top five for the firsttime. Workers living in the UK said Australia was their preferreddestination, while those in India and South Africa put it second.
*UK*
The UK has dropped three places since 2014, and now sits in fifth position.Political turmoil following the nation’s Brexit vote is largely responsiblefor its dip in popularity. Even people who already work there are thinkingof leaving. According to a survey last year, one-third of all non-Britishworkers in the UK are looking to leave within the next five years