Overseas jobs lure more from SA

More young South African working professionals are willing to relocate for work compared with their contemporaries around the world but‚ disturbingly‚ fewer professionals want to come here.

This is according to a new global survey by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and The Network‚ in association with Career Junction.

The study‚ which surveyed 366‚000 job seekers and 6‚000 recruiters in 197 countries‚ was conducted to determine mobility preferences of talent around the world‚ reasons to move abroad and key elements that job seekers want in a job.

Overall‚ 57% of people said that they would move to another country for work.

This number‚ however‚ is much greater for South Africans‚ where 71% of the young and working professionals surveyed said they were willing to relocate for work.

This has increased from 2014, when 64% of South Africans said they would be willing to relocate.

Similarly‚ SA has slipped as a desirable place to work.

Of the 198 participating countries‚ SA ranked 40th‚ compared with 27th in 2014.

Africans who indicated a desire to work in SA include Angolans in top position‚ followed by people from Ivory Coast‚ Kenya‚ Benin‚ Ghana (down four places since 2014)‚ Cameroon and Nigeria (down five places from 2014).

The US remains the most favourable work location for South Africans, followed by Australia‚ the UK‚ Canada and Germany.