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August is rarely a month for key trends - too many holidays and media mischief-making - but a recurring theme in the quarter-two and half-year results season is the strength of the Asian Pacific and some Latin American recruitment markets, their speed of recovery and economic opportunity.
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Three common themes emerged during the recent Q2 results season - stronger than expected sales growth, a sharp rebound in profitability and reassuring comments regarding current trading momentum.
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As renewed economic uncertainty gathers momentum, with Europe especially in the spotlight, the immediate news on the UK labour market is contrarily quite positive. The latest release reports further reductions in claimants, rising vacancies and a strong rise in employment, albeit predominantly part-time, although total hours worked still fell slightly. The job market mix is changing as intermittent recovery requires a different combination of hours and work skills. This all underpins, ...
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Equity markets have suffered from a crisis of confidence over the past month driven by a welter of unhelpful developments. These have included the Emergency UK Budget, lingering concerns regarding Eurozone debt levels and the health of the region’s banking system combined with evidence that economic growth is slowing in China, the US and the UK.
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According to many in the media, austery has formally commenced. This month saw a welter of information ranging from the new coalition government’s policy proposals to well-sourced investigative journalism in the broadsheets.
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When the markets yearned for a decisive result, a coalition government of such historic proportions, a marriage of convenience and necessity was not anticipated.
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The last fortnight started on a positive note. Personally, the Recruiter Awards for Excellence (supported by Innovate CV) have felt a little subdued over the past couple of years, which is understandable as most attendees were struggling with declining net fees and shrinking headcount.
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