The year 2024 was a challenging one. A year of uncertainties for some, economic instability for others, and needed flexibility for all to be ahead of the curve. Outstaff Your Team always keeps a finger on the pulse and this year was no exception. Amid turbulence and rising demand for niche talent, our team successfully adapted to the trends, turning obstacles into opportunities.

By changing our approach and repositioning our services, we could continue offering tailored solutions to our customers. With splitting out all-in-one service into smaller ones, such as recruiting or contract management, only we provided value and strengthened our position as a partner. Let's look behind the scenes, shedding light on the opportunities we embraced and the achievements we proudly carry into 2025.

What Were the Key Market Trends, and How Did We Tackle Them in 2024?

As Outstaff Your Team navigated the path, we managed to remain aligned with market dynamics and expectations.

Remote Work and Flexibility

In 2024, hybrid and remote roles became the trend among different sectors and different geographic locations. This is what we'll continue to observe in 2025. At the same time, according to ADP Research Institute, specialists rank flexibility among their top-5 priorities in their job.

We also saw increased interest in our daily work, with clients frequently seeking roles like ML Engineers, MLOps Engineers, and Shopify Developers.

Our top 5 most sought after specialists in 2024 were:

• Python Developer

• ML Engineer

• Front-End Developer

• QA Engineer

• Product/Project Manager

The most popular in demand skills and programming languages were Python, Java, PHP, Node.js, TypeScript for back-end and JavaScript, React, Vue, Angular for front-end.

A significant increase in Marketing demands and expansion of the Product department for some of our clients turned into finding talent gems for Product Owner, Product Manager, Growth Marketing Manager, and Marketing Specialist roles.

Contract Staffing

Due to economic instability, businesses turned more to short-term partnerships and cooperations, filling roles on demand and scaling teams on project needs.

To offer our clients more flexibility and more choice, Outstaff Your Team went for repositioning, splitting our all-in-one staffing service into smaller, on demand solutions. This allowed us to be more flexible, while our clients remained agile.

The top services we provided in 2024 were recruitment and staffing, including contract management and payroll.

Key Highlights and Achievements in 2024

Our year was filled with challenges and smart decisions, but we've also made great achievements that we're grateful to continue in 2025.

Retaining Clients and Talents

While we had numerous opportunities to work with new projects, we continued cherishing our relationships with already existing clients and tech specialists. We value our fruitful cooperation and amazing feedback we get for our services. With that in mind, it was one of our primary reasons for restructuring. For us, retention is as important as exploring new prospects.

We stay loyal to our cooperation with our clients across different geographies:

• Ireland

• Austria

• Serbia

• Denmark

• Saudi Arabia

• US

With satisfied clients come happy specialists, who stayed with us during this year. As remote positions open doors to global talents, our clients continued cooperations with our tech professionals from:

• Armenia

• Morocco

• South Africa

• Argentina

• Spain

• Italy

• Hungary

• Poland

Expanding Our Partnerships

Outstaff Your Team is always eager to take on new interesting challenges to achieve new milestones. This year, we provided outstaffing, HR, and recruiting services to our existing and new clients. Here are only some of the examples of our new expansions:

• Israel

• Norway

• Poland

Expansion didn't only happen geographically. We also forged partnerships in sectors that were new to us, tailoring our expertise to meet their unique needs. By aligning closely with our clients' goals, we became more than just a staffing provider. We became strategic partners, driving their growth and success in highly competitive markets.

Which sectors do our clients work in?

• Big data

• SaaS

• Art Tech

• Data science

• Medtech

• FinTech

• VR/AR

• Retail

Even though the majority of our clients were looking for developers, their motives differed. Top reasons that drove our partners’ growth were:

• Development of new products

• Support for the existing products

• Process automation

• Implementation of innovative solutions

We believe we achieved our mission, as several new clients came back to use our services again.

Staying Resilient

Flexibility and adaptability are our core strengths. We remain alert as the market evolves and sets new rules. That's why this year, we updated our approaches to sourcing candidates, and expanded our Business Development, Talent Acquisition, and Marketing teams.

As we care for our core team as much as we care for our tech specialists and clients, we tested new AI solutions to make our work more efficient and our results even more outstanding.

With our evolving ATS system and our growing team, we have become quicker in job postings and candidates sourcing. With our speed, quality, and growth, we became officially live on Product Hunt with our fast hiring.

Besides, we gained two new Clutch Champion and Clutch Global Leader awards in 2024. New achievements not only reflect our efforts, but motivate us to go further in our daily work.

Some interesting numbers behind our daily work:

• 380 CVs reviewed per 1 vacancy

• 30 phone screens conducted per 1 vacancy

• 7 tech interviews conducted per 1 vacancy

And all this wouldn't be possible without our amazing people!

Our Core Team Driving the Force Behind Our Growth

All our activities, new milestones, and achievements wouldn't be possible without our core team, which keeps on growing. However, to keep our activities efficient and bring value to what we do, we care about our specialists’ work-life balance. Behind our virtual gatherings, there are not only working routine discussions. There are sharing of new experiences, interesting activities, and, of course, fun.

What Outstaff Your Team was up to in 2024?

• Projector Mentorship. I provided HR mentorship on numerous topics, including building effective teams in tech industry and optimization of HR processes.

• Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit 2024 in Warsaw. We connected with specialists in the tech industry, deepened our knowledge of tech trends, and gained new insights at workshops.

• AIPulse tech meetup in Budapest. We met with specialists from niche businesses, university researches and public sector professionals, all sharing their experiences with AI.

• Wtech meetup in Budapest. We took part in the meetup that connected talented women in tech, discussing numerous topics, including the volatile economy, AI adoption, and risk-taking in the current landscape.

• IT Arena tech conference in Lviv. We connected with other tech startups, listened to international speakers in the Tech industry, and extended our focus to the new possibilities.

• Team-building activities. We regularly gathered with our team members to celebrate our milestones (3rd Anniversary), discuss books and movies during our monthly clubs, share challenging experiences, and have fun during quiz battles.

Moving Forward: A Journey Built on Trust and Talent

As 2024 comes to a close, we reflect with pride on the milestones we’ve achieved. From expanding our teams to building strategic partnerships, this year demonstrated the power of collaboration and adaptability. None of it would have been possible without the confidence of our clients, the trust of our partners, and of course, the passion of our core team.

As we're approaching 2025, we’re ready to embrace new challenges and opportunities with the same drive and commitment. With our talented team and an unwavering focus on innovation, we strive to have even more remarkable results next year.

Together, we look forward to continuing building success in 2025, one step at a time.

by Ann Kuss
on December 19, 2024. Share on LinkedIn Post on Twitter

Ann Kuss is the CEO at Outstaff Your Team. After 11 years of expertise in building remote tech teams for startup unicorns and global tech brands, Ann decided to lead a new venture aiming to reinvent the way international tech teams scale. Throughout her career, Ann hired specialists for countless tech positions from more than 17 countries on all major continents. Ann graduated from Kyiv-Mohyla business school, is an MIM Kyiv alumna, and regularly takes part in mentorship programs for junior tech talents. Ann actively promotes knowledge sharing and curates Outstaff Your Team blog strategy, preferring topics that solve practical needs of IT leaders. She believes that structuring business flows (including hiring) is a well-planned journey with predictable and successful outcome.