2016 has been a tornado of disruption and stormy momentum with barely a second to catch one’s breath.

Positively speaking, Recruiter’s HOT 100 celebrates its 10-year anniversary of recognising recruiters who stand for efficiency and well-managed businesses. Our amazing associate, Sue Dodd of Agile Intelligence, has keenly observed the decade of excellence by providing two bumper items for us this year – a Top 20 ranking of recruitment companies achieving productivity growth and an extra 10 companies for our HOT 100 list to share the wealth a bit above and beyond. We know you’ll enjoy these additional gems!

Our HOT 100/110 companies reflect much of what is best about our industry, however we cannot enter 2017 complacent about recruitment’s standing in the outside world. 2016 has not always shown recruitment at its best. As an industry, we must publicly stand and act against exploitative practices, or those practices will continue to define agencies – for the worst – in the eyes of the UK public and to policymakers. 

Our industry is, and must be, better than our image would suggest. After all, recruiters have arguably the world’s most meaningful work, of matching people of all abilities and skills with their most vital asset – a job.

DeeDee Doke, editor