Consider gearing up for recovery

13 September 2012

The numbers working within the recruitment industry is the lowest for five years, but is it now time for firms to add to their headcount again?

As the rate of decline in sales slows, recruiters need to reconsider their staffing plans, according to accountancy firm BDO’s review of the latest data outputs from Recruitment Industry Benchmarking (RIB).

Industry data confirmed that the overall market had contracted by 17% to £22.5bn in the year to March 2009 and the number of people now employed in the...

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