Monthly recruitment sector summary report for September

This is an example of one of agile intelligence’s monthly subscription reports for the recruitment market. This example covers the office and industrial sectors in some detail and follows by examining Government Labour Statistics and the Political & Economic situation. The executive Summary of the report is as follows:

Staffing Market Overview

Summary: Interims from the UK based companies have mainly confirmed the evidence from last month’s Q2 global players. Specialisation has certainly led to more success among agencies, although not exclusively so, while localised or bespoke services in traditional sectors also appear to be performing better than many large nationals. Unless ultra efficient as a general recruitment national (and many still struggle with the low contract margins / best delivery model problem), a local brand presence / image seems advisable with smaller Office or Industrial ‘specialists’ frequently out-performing their larger rivals. Latest Q2 workforce data confirms a substantial recovery in Industrial temporary numbers, but Office workforce continued its modest decline. This sets the stall out in terms of business positioning but the fall out from the international credit squeeze may potentially have an impact upon the overall economy, not just the banking & financial markets. At least it may be prudent to prepare for some modest overall softening of markets within the context of individual circumstances.

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