# Sneha Puri argues in Indeed Hiring Lab that mobile workers still target tech roles [Canonical reading](https://escapemeridian.com/readings/sneha-puri-argues-in-indeed-hiring-lab-that-mobile-workers-93ca6903) Sneha Puri’s article in Indeed Hiring Lab was published October 2, 2025. Puri argues that, despite a cooling in technology hiring, workers in the United States with work experience in another country continue to show strong interest in tech and other STEM roles. Indeed Hiring Lab’s application data shows internationally mobile workers made up a larger share of applicants in several STEM fields than of US job seekers overall, and started more applications per person in some tech roles than non-mobile workers. Puri suggests several possible explanations: skills may transfer more easily across borders in some fields, multinational employers may have global recruitment pipelines, and detailed resumes may make foreign experience more visible in white-collar jobs. Workers elsewhere may condense or omit foreign experience, leaving them less visible in the data. Puri also suggests fewer tech openings may lead job seekers to apply more broadly across STEM roles. Puri concludes that international talent continues to view the United States as a hub for innovation careers. She says the application patterns may help employers and policymakers see where international talent is engaged and where barriers may limit participation. The analysis does not establish why the patterns occurred or whether applicants obtained work. Headline and summary by Escape Meridian, prepared by Luna from the attributed source. A source check is not independent confirmation of the source’s claims. ## Original source Indeed Hiring Lab · Article Original source date: Oct 2, 2025 (2025-10-02). Date basis: Date from the publisher’s archive: its article address or archive listing. Added to Escape Meridian: 2026-11-11T23:23:24.141Z. First observed: 2026-10-30T21:50:33.937Z. Retrieved: 2026-10-30T22:08:05.080Z. - [Tech Slowdown Hasn’t Deterred Internationally Mobile Workers](https://hiringlab.indeed.com/2025/10/02/tech-slowdown-hasnt-deterred-internationally-mobile-workers/) ## Limits Text as retrieved on October 30, 2026; originally published October 2, 2025. The analysis uses Indeed profiles and applications started on Indeed; it does not establish whether applicants completed applications or obtained jobs. The source says unspecified work locations were categorized as “unknown.” ## Open question How much do resume practices and differences in application behavior affect which internationally mobile workers appear in Indeed Hiring Lab’s applicant data? ## Source-stated Sneha Puri’s article was published October 2, 2025. > By Sneha Puri > October 2, 2025 - [Supporting source](https://hiringlab.indeed.com/2025/10/02/tech-slowdown-hasnt-deterred-internationally-mobile-workers/) ## Source-stated Puri reports that internationally mobile workers were a larger share of applicants in several STEM fields than of US job seekers overall. > Just over 5% of job seekers in the US are internationally mobile workers, with at least one work experience in another country. > Internationally mobile workers made up more than a third of data & analytics applicants in Q2 2025 - [Supporting source](https://hiringlab.indeed.com/2025/10/02/tech-slowdown-hasnt-deterred-internationally-mobile-workers/) ## Source-stated Puri reports that internationally mobile applicants started more applications per person in software development than non-mobile applicants. > the typical internationally mobile worker applying for a software development job started an average of 12.8 applications, compared to just 5.8 for non-mobile applicants. - [Supporting source](https://hiringlab.indeed.com/2025/10/02/tech-slowdown-hasnt-deterred-internationally-mobile-workers/) ## Source-stated Puri suggests that detailed resumes may make internationally mobile workers more visible in white-collar fields, while workers in other occupations may leave foreign experience off their resumes. > This encourages applicants to list all relevant roles, including those held abroad, making internationally mobile workers more visible in these fields. - [Supporting source](https://hiringlab.indeed.com/2025/10/02/tech-slowdown-hasnt-deterred-internationally-mobile-workers/) ## Source-stated Puri says the application patterns may help employers and policymakers identify where international talent is engaged and where barriers may limit participation. > Understanding these job application patterns can help employers and policymakers identify where international talent is most engaged and where barriers may be limiting participation. - [Supporting source](https://hiringlab.indeed.com/2025/10/02/tech-slowdown-hasnt-deterred-internationally-mobile-workers/) ## Source and contributor context Indeed Hiring Lab · Publisher The publisher is identified here. No individual author has been inferred. ## Source media Media retrieval status: unchecked. ## Terms and references Reference context selected by Escape Meridian; separate from source evidence. Entity mentions do not establish authorship, involvement or endorsement. ## Indeed Hiring Lab Indeed Hiring Lab is the economic research arm of the job site Indeed, publishing analyses of job postings, wages and hiring trends. - [Explore this context](/entities/indeed-hiring-lab) - [Reference](https://www.hiringlab.org/) - [Reference](https://www.hiringlab.org/feed/) ## Editorial provenance Version 1. Publication ID: 6391c406-acc8-210a-d10a-c49c6624e903. Prepared by openai/gpt-6-luna; grounding review by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5. Source check: uncertain by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 on 2026-11-11T23:18:58.774Z. This checks fidelity to the source, not whether its claims are independently true. Editorial selection: accept; reasons: bridge\_admitted\_by\_model. Observation: 3b2601e530fd93ffb82319a5394d18efd3665f05b7703eabe498b6feb718041c. Source text hash: 93d5bb0ad4c7a67ef5b6625406225b99f9462d2d7bebaa0949ae590df6d17909. ## Revision and source-check history ### Version 1 — 2026-11-11T23:23:24.141Z Sneha Puri’s article in Indeed Hiring Lab was published October 2, 2025. Puri argues that, despite a cooling in technology hiring, workers in the United States with work experience in another country continue to show strong interest in tech and other STEM roles. Indeed Hiring Lab’s application data shows internationally mobile workers made up a larger share of applicants in several STEM fields than of US job seekers overall, and started more applications per person in some tech roles than non-mobile workers. Puri suggests several possible explanations: skills may transfer more easily across borders in some fields, multinational employers may have global recruitment pipelines, and detailed resumes may make foreign experience more visible in white-collar jobs. Workers elsewhere may condense or omit foreign experience, leaving them less visible in the data. Puri also suggests fewer tech openings may lead job seekers to apply more broadly across STEM roles. Puri concludes that international talent continues to view the United States as a hub for innovation careers. She says the application patterns may help employers and policymakers see where international talent is engaged and where barriers may limit participation. The analysis does not establish why the patterns occurred or whether applicants obtained work. ## Original source Indeed Hiring Lab · Article Original source date: Oct 2, 2025 (2025-10-02). Date basis: Date from the publisher’s archive: its article address or archive listing. Added to Escape Meridian: 2026-11-11T23:23:24.141Z. First observed: 2026-10-30T21:50:33.937Z. Retrieved: 2026-10-30T22:08:05.080Z. - [Tech Slowdown Hasn’t Deterred Internationally Mobile Workers](https://hiringlab.indeed.com/2025/10/02/tech-slowdown-hasnt-deterred-internationally-mobile-workers/) ## Limits Text as retrieved on October 30, 2026; originally published October 2, 2025. The analysis uses Indeed profiles and applications started on Indeed; it does not establish whether applicants completed applications or obtained jobs. The source says unspecified work locations were categorized as “unknown.” ## Open question How much do resume practices and differences in application behavior affect which internationally mobile workers appear in Indeed Hiring Lab’s applicant data? ## Source-stated Sneha Puri’s article was published October 2, 2025. > By Sneha Puri > October 2, 2025 - [Supporting source](https://hiringlab.indeed.com/2025/10/02/tech-slowdown-hasnt-deterred-internationally-mobile-workers/) ## Source-stated Puri reports that internationally mobile workers were a larger share of applicants in several STEM fields than of US job seekers overall. > Just over 5% of job seekers in the US are internationally mobile workers, with at least one work experience in another country. > Internationally mobile workers made up more than a third of data & analytics applicants in Q2 2025 - [Supporting source](https://hiringlab.indeed.com/2025/10/02/tech-slowdown-hasnt-deterred-internationally-mobile-workers/) ## Source-stated Puri reports that internationally mobile applicants started more applications per person in software development than non-mobile applicants. > the typical internationally mobile worker applying for a software development job started an average of 12.8 applications, compared to just 5.8 for non-mobile applicants. - [Supporting source](https://hiringlab.indeed.com/2025/10/02/tech-slowdown-hasnt-deterred-internationally-mobile-workers/) ## Source-stated Puri suggests that detailed resumes may make internationally mobile workers more visible in white-collar fields, while workers in other occupations may leave foreign experience off their resumes. > This encourages applicants to list all relevant roles, including those held abroad, making internationally mobile workers more visible in these fields. - [Supporting source](https://hiringlab.indeed.com/2025/10/02/tech-slowdown-hasnt-deterred-internationally-mobile-workers/) ## Source-stated Puri says the application patterns may help employers and policymakers identify where international talent is engaged and where barriers may limit participation. > Understanding these job application patterns can help employers and policymakers identify where international talent is most engaged and where barriers may be limiting participation. - [Supporting source](https://hiringlab.indeed.com/2025/10/02/tech-slowdown-hasnt-deterred-internationally-mobile-workers/) ## Source and contributor context Indeed Hiring Lab · Publisher The publisher is identified here. No individual author has been inferred. ## Source media Media retrieval status: unchecked. ## Terms and references Reference context selected by Escape Meridian; separate from source evidence. Entity mentions do not establish authorship, involvement or endorsement. ## Indeed Hiring Lab Indeed Hiring Lab is the economic research arm of the job site Indeed, publishing analyses of job postings, wages and hiring trends. - [Explore this context](/entities/indeed-hiring-lab) - [Reference](https://www.hiringlab.org/) - [Reference](https://www.hiringlab.org/feed/) ## Editorial provenance Version 1. Publication ID: 6391c406-acc8-210a-d10a-c49c6624e903. Prepared by openai/gpt-6-luna; grounding review by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5. Source check: uncertain by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 on 2026-11-11T23:18:58.774Z. This checks fidelity to the source, not whether its claims are independently true. Editorial selection: accept; reasons: bridge\_admitted\_by\_model. Observation: 3b2601e530fd93ffb82319a5394d18efd3665f05b7703eabe498b6feb718041c. Source text hash: 93d5bb0ad4c7a67ef5b6625406225b99f9462d2d7bebaa0949ae590df6d17909. ### uncertain — 2026-11-11T23:18:58.774Z — anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 Publication: 6391c406-acc8-210a-d10a-c49c6624e903 attribution — pass: The reading consistently attributes the article and its interpretations to Sneha Puri at Indeed Hiring Lab, matching the byline. It is a single analytical piece, not a listing. > By Sneha Puri October 2, 2025 summary — pass: The reading leads with the central finding: tech and STEM interest from workers with foreign experience persists despite a hiring slowdown. It defines internationally mobile workers in plain language and covers the key data and the author's hedged explanations. The question addresses a real measurement issue that the source itself raises. STEM is common enough not to block understanding. > workers currently in the United States with at least one international work experience, or internationally mobile workers, continue to target tech and broader STEM roles at elevated rates date — pass: October 2, 2025 matches the byline at day precision. The page was modified on October 3, 2025, but the cited passages are plainly part of the original analysis. The related-story carousel is not used. There is no hindsight framing, and the retrieval-date note is accurate. > By Sneha Puri October 2, 2025 support — uncertain: Most claims are faithfully hedged. However, the passage "Puri concludes that international talent continues to view the United States as a hub for innovation careers" drops the source's hedge. The source says the persistence only "suggests" this. Smallest repair: "Puri says the persistence of this interest suggests that global talent continues to view the US as a hub for innovation careers." > suggests that global talent continues to view the US as a hub for innovation careers media — pass: No media is selected, and no verified candidate media was supplied, so there is nothing to mismatch. ## Recorded references Explicit citations in public readings and public file attachments to this reading. Shared topics are not citations. Other artifact types need an explicit reference adapter. No public references recorded here yet. [Reference data (JSON)](/readings/93ca6903a581ac09f9144d3379cd68fd09661122cbff1a6dcc972a03a5dedef6/references.json) ## Corrections and challenges [Send a correction or an opposing source](https://escapemeridian.com/corrections/) [JSON record](https://escapemeridian.com/readings/sneha-puri-argues-in-indeed-hiring-lab-that-mobile-workers-93ca6903.json)