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Dressing up for an interview and traveling with a folder with your resume and accolades sound so fancy and unreal now, which was quite a cliché until a few years back. Does this mean that the...

In the ever-evolving world of technology, Java continues to be a popular and widely used programming language. As you set out to hire Java developers in 2023, it's crucial to identify the key skills...

Remote work has been around for a while, but the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated its adoption. It is safe to say now that remote work is no longer just a trend but a necessity for many businesses...

Introduction: Case 1: In 2016, Ravi was a college dropout, and his decision to drop out was not intentional but rather circumstantial. He lost both his parents, and he was forced to be the sole...

While degree-based hiring has been the traditional approach, the latest trend in IT recruitment is skill-based hiring. The shift in emphasis from academic qualifications to technical abilities has...

As per Glassdoor Data Engineering ranked in the top 15 of “50 Best Jobs in America for 2022” in order of demand, having 11,821 job openings as of today. It also earned a Job Satisfaction score of...

Global advances in technology are increasing the demand for skilled IT professionals at an exponential rate. IT jobs are predicted to grow by 531,200 by 2029 according to the BLS or Bureau of Labor...

As the trend towards a remote working setup continues to grow, managing such teams has become pivotal to successful business operations and continuity. Remote project management can be a double-edged...

Outsourcing IT services has become increasingly popular among companies and business owners looking to expand their teams, reduce costs, gain access to a pool of talented developers, and expand their...

According to Statista, the global mobile app revenue was estimated to be $581.9 billion in 2020, and it is expected to reach $935 billion by 2023. One of the major trends in mobile app development is...

Corporations have initiated massive layoffs globally, resulting in an uphill battle for employees to jump into another firm immediately. Some organizations have even embraced “Quiet Firing” to...

Multiple corporations in the USA and world-over are drastically reducing their workforce as part of their restructuring efforts to better cope with the economic slump, growing inflation, and global...

Massive layoffs and some unpleasant sackings later, senior leadership realized that firing workers in bulk isn't a good approach. Firing makes the workplace atmosphere awkward and creates a sense of...

Start-Ups and established Enterprises on the verge of hiring an offshore developers team have a list of nations to turn to meet their requirements. Many IT talent hubs are reliable, close to your...

React and Nodejs independently are preferred languages for frontend and backend. Now, businesses can hire a developer competent in both. They gain an advantage by hiring a Full Stack Developer who...

Reframing Quiet Quitting: Setting the Right Expectations Following Covid-19, we've had to hit the reset button and reconsider our personal and professional situations. Some people have changed jobs...

According to Statista, Global mobile app downloads in 2021 hit 230 billion. Downloading, installing, and using a mobile application might be a cakewalk, but developing one can become challenging....

The great resignation that emerged in 2020 hadn’t slowed down much; despite losing momentum in mid-2021, the trend was still in full swing coming into 2022. Employees were confidently exiting the...

Remote collaboration picked up in the last couple of years to the extent where it emerged as a feasible model for many Enterprises and Startups, who then went on a remote hiring spree. They could run...

Since its inception in 2010 to counter the limitations of the Apache HTTP Server, Node.js has come a long way. Today, Node.js exists as an event-driven, fast, light-weight, single-threaded, and...

Python has been going around since the 80's. In recent years it has become the most sought-after language, just behind JavaScript in Google searches. However, are startups and uninformed businesses...

Statista estimates that mobile app revenue will reach around $613 billion by 2025. No wonder all businesses are going guns blazing towards mobile apps. The need to accelerate growth, enable...

Startups frequently worry whether they should hire offshore employees to execute particular projects or maintain them in-house. Making a calculated decision as a business owner makes sense. Every...

After the global pandemic, the remote work culture has been embraced by many companies and organizations. One significant and recurring challenge is understanding how to effectively manage time zone...

The pandemic has pushed “The Great Resignation”. The great resignation phenomenon has disrupted the talent market, and this disrupted talent market warrants 10x effort to source the same talent...

Start-ups on the lookout for offshore developers aren’t willing to cut corners. They only want the best, the crème de la crème of developers - no compromises. These start-ups maybe a little short...

Businesses, be it startups or established Enterprises, often find themselves at crossroads regarding developer hiring. The dilemma is majorly about whether to go with Full stack developers or...

The world has changed with the outbreak of COVID-19, and the way we work is no exception. The outbreak has led to a sudden boom in remote working worldwide with organizations moving their workforce...

Everything You Need to Know Before Hiring Remote AngularJS Developers Angularjs is the most popular JavaScript framework of all time and is used by more than half of the developers. It has created a...

Remote Interview Scams: Best Remote Hiring Practices Post pandemic, remote recruitment has taken a whole different turn. What was, at one point, a once-in-a-blue-moon event turned into a consistent...

10 Best Productive Mobile Apps for Scaling Your Business The world is a global village and more and more business is conducted online. Business owners can no longer afford to be left out of the...

Post the disruption from the pandemic, many Enterprises realized that the remote model might not be as bad as it seems. The ongoing digital transformation had already ushered many tools that made...

During COVID-19 businesses had to scramble to get their remote working strategy together. Short-term fixes were all many companies had time to create, and they have helped us move through one of the...

If you read the news regularly, you’ll probably have already heard about the great resignation. It’s affecting huge numbers of people, from the newly unemployed who have decided to take a risk...

Know what to look for to hire the right one the first time Thinking of hiring a Full Stack Developer? Curious of all the things a Full Stack Developer even can do? Perhaps you are simply wondering...

These days, it seems like everyone is talking about the immense challenges associated with hiring the ideal Full Stack Developer to suit all their applications needs. And they’re absolutely right....

Many businesses and startups have begun to hire smarter and more skilled talents to meet the needs of their clients. On the other hand, clients are becoming more educated while bringing specific...

Challenges associated with outsourcing IT services Outsourcing IT services comes with its pros and cons. IT is renowned for being more challenging to outsource than other industries. While the...

Ask anyone what the most resilient parasite is today, and answers may vary between viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens known to man. But according to Christopher Nolan’s classic Inception,...

Conflict Management Strategies When The Team Is Apart Working in a Hybrid team can be one of the best ways to operate. With some people working from a central HQ and others working from home or...

The term “Out Of Office” has become somewhat redundant in recent COVID-times. Traditionally, if someone was Out Of Office (OOO), it meant that they were on holiday. That’s because most work was...

At BorderlessMind, we’re outsourcing specialists. As such, we often get asked about staff augmentation and whether it’s a good option. Augmentation vs outsourcing is so similar that often people...

With COVID-19 coming into play and shifting how we work, it is a necessity for every business to be able to operate remotely. By now your team has probably mastered the art of working remotely with...

How can you evaluate freelance developers for your business? When you’re seeking to build a website, application or software, having a freelance developer on hand can be very beneficial. Not only...

Are you wondering how to use LinkedIn for recruitment? You’re not alone. There are so many amazing candidates out there just waiting to be contacted, however without a professional on your team who...

Product Management Life Cycle: How has it changed during the pandemic? With 12 months + of COVID-19 related change, many people are now reflecting on that time and looking at how COVID has re-shaped...

Are you trying to work out the real cost of employees vs contractors? It can be a tricky thing to understand. On the surface, everyone is always taught that employees cost less. When you take into...

As the working world continues to adjust and evolve with COVID-19, there has been a debate between office vs work from home vs hybrid working. During COVID-19 alternative many work styles proved...

Outsourcing as a service has become a key trend in 2021. While COVID-19 wreaks havoc on the working world, it has become more important than ever to have a solid remote team that you can rely...

Remote work is becoming the norm. So much so that 74% of professionals expect remote work to become standard, according to recent studies.  In line with these expectations, remote workers are...

Keeping remote workers engaged and interested in their role is one of the biggest challenges for any company. We all know that employees perform better when they are offered perks that make them feel...

So you want to run a remote-first company?  If that term doesn’t ring any bells, check out our recent article on what exactly a remote-first company is. If it does, and you’re ready to get...

Remote innovation labs can work for all kinds of businesses, including SaaS companies. The benefits of remote innovation labs for startups have been well documented, with many businesses benefitting...

We recently wrote on what a remote-first company is, and many people got in touch to say they find the idea of ‘remote-first’ innovative and interesting. Whilst a few years ago having a company...

Staff augmentation as the term suggests allows companies, big or small, to add skilled professionals to their existing workforce. Are you still wondering what IT staff augmentation is, its benefits,...

Kotlin is an interoperable language based on Java and JVM and is encouraged by Google for Android apps. As per Synk, Kotlin has gained a huge user and developer base for secure app...

Hiring remote talent is usually the best way to fire up your software development project and get your software built to budget and schedule. With COVID-19 making business remote in 2020 and the...

If your team, like many teams across the globe have recently had to shift to a remote working model, you’re probably struggling to build and cultivate trust in remote teams. Whether it’s trust...

So, you’ve established that your business needs to make some changes to keep up with the remote working revolution. That’s great! The next step is to find remote talent to help you become a...

Employers today are struggling to keep up with the ever changing working landscape. One minute flexible and fun offices are the in thing, the next it’s remote work due to COVID-19 and at present...

Have you ever wondered what a remote first company is? With COVID making remote work a norm, we’re seeing more and more companies ditching the office altogether and opting for a remote working...

The past year has been a whirlwind. With drastic changes in how we work becoming the ‘new normal’, the workplace is still adjusting to a very volatile situation.  As things are starting to...

Did you know that only 21 companies founded and led by women have ever gone public? This crazy fact isn’t commonly known, and it really is quite shocking. Whilst the IPO world may be dominated by...

Are you looking for inspiration from females leading the way in the tech space? If so, you’ve come to the right place. At BorderlessMind, we work with some amazing women who are pioneers in their...

Knowing when it's time to start outsourcing isn’t always easy. In some cases, a moment just occurs where it feels natural to outsource some extra assistance. However, on others, it can be a long...

We recently provided a guide to hiring remote talent in India, but now we’re making that much easier by allowing you to hire a remote team in 4 easy steps. This new addition to our website will...

As the industry of business expands and diversifies, the BPO industry has become more of a necessity rather than a secondary option. Outsourcing proved itself to be a vital component in running a...

If there was ever a time to learn more about remote work, it is now. Whether you are reading up to streamline your own remote work processes, or you want to understand other people’s experience of...

India, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies has a population of more than 1.3 billion, with roughly 125 million english speakers. That makes it the second-largest English-speaking...

Nothing has become more apparent over the past few months than the fact that digital transformation has the ability to save businesses. Moreover, this period has meant that those businesses that...

 In 2021, it’s likely that remote working is going to continue as the norm. With COVID-19 still in full swing, many of us are required to work from home due to government restrictions, as well as...

Remote working will be a crucial work skill of 2021. A recent report on remote work suggests that 66% of companies plan to offer more flexible work arrangements for team members.  Further, 81% of...

2021 will be full of challenges, and if you’re a first time remote manager, knowing how to manage people remotely is likely to be one of them. Luckily, there are 3 common mistakes that are made...

If you’re reading this article, you probably already know that you need to delegate and outsource anything you do not wish to do yourself and things you are not good at.   Anything that is not...

If the title of this article caught your eye, it’s likely that you were pretty shocked at the suggestion that COVID-19 could have made employees more engaged! We know what you’re thinking, how...

As a leading remote talent agency promoting remote working since 1999, we get asked a lot of questions about remote working. For many businesses, remote working has never been an option as a serious...

How to conduct successful interviews for remote talent With so many of us working from home and remotely, many hiring managers are experiencing a different interview process to what they’re used...

With COVID-19 disrupting how we work and forcing many of us to work from home, the term ‘distributed workforce’ is cropping up. In the past, this term was somewhat unheard of within the corporate...

Remote working is becoming much more normal, and as a result many business leaders are trying to get to grips with the best ways to work remotely. Stats and facts can be a great place to start when...

If you’re looking for some inspiration to help you take your remote working model to the next level, it can help to tune in to some of the top thought leaders in the business to guide you. The best...

As the pandemic has shifted how people work, remote lifestyles have become much more common. Many businesses were already championing this way of working pre-COVID, however it was a much rarer...

Working with remote workers and new tech talent can be really exciting. For many, it marks the growth of their business and the start of an outsourcing revolution that will help their business...

COVID-19 has made remote working the norm, and as such, this is a pivotal moment for most businesses and individuals when it comes to how we run our companies. With remote working becoming more...

In the week that M.S. Dhoni retires from international cricket, it only seems right to pay homage to Indian cricket’s most successful captains with three TCC trophies under his belt. Dhoni...

During COVID-19, we’ve all had a lot more time on our hands. This has meant that we’ve had time to read new books and delve back into the ones that we’ve already read and loved. A good...

So, you think you’re ready to start outsourcing? Once you’ve decided that building a remote, outsourced team is a good idea for your business, it’s time to get some inspiration from the...

Working with a remote team can be a dream or a nightmare. Over the past few weeks and months many of us have had both experiences. Whilst working with a remote team, when planned, can bring many...

COVID-19 has hit every business in a unique way, meaning that we’re all having to look at rebuilding our company culture. For many, the lack of work has meant that they have had to let go of staff...

The current climate has left many businesses feeling a little lost. With some having to let go of valuable staff members to stay afloat, whilst others are seeing less productivity due to motivational...

Silicon Valley seems to be the hub of the working world, from which trends emerge. It seems that whatever goes on there becomes best practise for the rest of us eventually. Silicon Valley allows a...

With everything that’s going on in the world at the moment, resilience in the workplace is becoming more and more important. How we react to these moments as businesses is becoming an integral part...

If your business is lucky enough to be going through a busy period, sometimes outsourcing and using remote workers is a must. Working with a remote team can take the pressure off and ensure that your...

When faced with the decision of how to get software projects, multiple sourcing options available. Depending on your preferences, you could be looking at inhouse vs. onshore vs. offshore vs....

Severe public health crisis caused by the recent coronavirus pandemic has left business executives around the globe facing enormous business challenges - supply chain, the drop in customer demand,...

You are already aware of the havoc caused by the COVID-19 virus outbreak throughout the world. But did you know the economic downturn we are seeing as a result of this global pandemic could get even...

The global pandemic in which we currently find ourselves is unprecedented in modern times. Not since the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 has the world seen the widespread outbreak of such a dangerous...

One of the hottest trends in the corporate world is using staff augmentation to fill out your IT team without having to add more full-time employees. Staff augmentation isn’t new; it’s been...

Image annotation is an essential element of AI learning and teaching computers to see the world. More simply put, image annotation uses a human-powered process to annotate an image with labels to...

Never in history has it been easier for entrepreneurs to bring on talented staff from abroad using telecom-assisted outsourcing. And no type of work is more influenced by this than IT....

As machine learning and AI services become ever more mainstream to IT, the need for annotated data for these applications is rising explosively. Using an offshore data annotation service like that...

We all know that technology is always changing and advancing for the better. And the technology is largely affecting all kinds of businesses. So, if you are a start-up or an established business and...

Asp.net has been developed and owned by Microsoft is one of the most popular, and widely used and accepted programming languages. The ASP.Net experts can use the ASP.Net framework and core to build...

You want high performing offshore developers for your software development, web development, application development or mobile app development requirements. While you do everything in your capacity...

There is a global digitalization trend that is impacting every industry and every kind of business. For business leaders which are considering digital transformation in the next year, outsourcing...

Hiring process for an in-house team isn’t easy. The hiring process becomes extra difficult when one must hire for specialized technical skills like AngularJS developers. When you’re seeking a...

When I first thought about why it is important to have an insight into hiring an offshore PHP developer, the first answer that came to my mind – it is difficult to find the right offshore PHP...

Web designers are responsible for putting life into a website. Professional and offshore web designers can help infuse the right components into a website. As you build your website revamp or website...

One of the predominant workplace trends over the years has been hiring an offshore remote team for skills that are not available in-house. This helps enterprises to maximize productivity and optimize...

There are several benefits of engaging with a team of remote developers or remote developer. Increased productivity, reduced stress, lower overhead costs and improved efficiency to name a few. You...

There are an increasing number of enterprises embracing remote workers. They are using remote workers their productivity, improve their bottom line, and access to a bigger resource pool at lower...

Startups often wonder if they should hire an offshore staff to perform certain tasks or to keep them within the organization. As a business owner, it makes sense to make an informed decision. Every...

Project Management isn’t easy. The challenge increases manifold if there’s a remote team to be manage BorderlessMind. You need the right set of people, processes, methodologies, tools and, most...

There are a growing number of IT projects where the need is always to reduce time, cost and money. The goal is always the same – reduce cost and improve operational efficiency.  Some of you might...

As you seek to expand your business or require some support or software development work for some time, you always wish that there was some way you could save on the recruitment cost. This is exactly...

Getting the basics right – What is CRM? Customer Relationship Management System or CRM is a technology that allows organizations to track and leverage every customer interaction to maximize...

In any outsourced project, establishing the most effective project management is crucial. That is the reason why we take utmost care in assigning a project manager to a project. In some cases, the...