Growth to ‘cool down’ for UK staffing market in 2015
1 December 2014
The UK staffing market is likely to grow by 7% next year, “cooling off a little bit” from 2014, but paralleling the anticipated 7% growth for the industry globally, a London audience heard Friday.
Mon, 1 Dec 2014 | By DeeDee Doke
The UK staffing market is likely to grow by 7% next year, “cooling off a little bit” from 2014, but paralleling the anticipated 7% growth for the industry globally, a London audience heard Friday.
At the same time, South Africa will continue to be a shining star in the world staffing market with anticipated 15-16% growth, despite dipping slightly from its 2014 growth rate of 17%, according to John Nurthen, executive director of global research for Staffing Industry Analysts. Other staffing markets likely to experience strong growth in 2015 are Germany at 9% and Japan at 9%, he predicted.
Nurthen spoke Friday at the Job Board Summit 2014, hosted by Jobg8, about current and upcoming recruitment industry trends, focusing on the contingent staff market and on the role of job boards within the sector.
His own research into the job board market suggested the largest 10 job board organisations by revenue are, respectively: Recruit (including Indeed), LinkedIn (Talent Solutions), Monster, Seek (Australia and growing in Asia), Gannett (Careerbuilder), Axel Springer (owner of Totaljobs), 51Job (China), Dice, Craigslist and The Ladders.
In Nurthen’s view, the top perceived threat to job boards is professional social networking site LinkedIn. “Everyone seems obsessed with LinkedIn,” Nurthen said.
The Job Board Summit was held last Thursday and Friday (27 and 28 November).
At the same time, South Africa will continue to be a shining star in the world staffing market with anticipated 15-16% growth, despite dipping slightly from its 2014 growth rate of 17%, according to John Nurthen, executive director of global research for Staffing Industry Analysts. Other staffing markets likely to experience strong growth in 2015 are Germany at 9% and Japan at 9%, he predicted.
Nurthen spoke Friday at the Job Board Summit 2014, hosted by Jobg8, about current and upcoming recruitment industry trends, focusing on the contingent staff market and on the role of job boards within the sector.
His own research into the job board market suggested the largest 10 job board organisations by revenue are, respectively: Recruit (including Indeed), LinkedIn (Talent Solutions), Monster, Seek (Australia and growing in Asia), Gannett (Careerbuilder), Axel Springer (owner of Totaljobs), 51Job (China), Dice, Craigslist and The Ladders.
In Nurthen’s view, the top perceived threat to job boards is professional social networking site LinkedIn. “Everyone seems obsessed with LinkedIn,” Nurthen said.
The Job Board Summit was held last Thursday and Friday (27 and 28 November).
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