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Continental Europe-wide recruiter USG People saw an 11% yearly decline in revenues in Q3, but its chief executive Rob Zandbergen says that compared to last year this drop slowed, with some markets seeing a return to growth in September.
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Continental Europe-wide recruiter USG People saw a 12% yearly decline in revenues in Q3, but its chief executive Rob Zandbergen says that compared to last year this drop slowed, with some markets seeing a return to growth in September.

Net income dropped by 30% to €9.7m (£7.8m), while specialism wise, the general and specialist staffing divisions saw 10% and 15% declines in revenues per working day respectively. The professionals section, which accounted for 7.3% of the company’s €746.2m revenues, saw it grow 6%. See full results here.

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