Professional hiring recovering from COVID slump
After an unprecedented slump last year in professional recruitment because of pandemic lockdowns, there was a marked pick-up in the UK market last month, according to a new survey.
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Daily tracking data provided by cube19 showed there was a flurry of activity immediately after the Christmas period with 14 per cent more contract jobs added in the first two weeks of January compared to the last two weeks of the month.Among permanent vacancies, there was a steady flow of jobs throughout the month with just a two per cent difference between the first and second half of the month.Interview numbers increased by 18.5 per cent in the last two weeks of January compared to the first two, suggesting that this increase will translate into positive placement numbers in February, according to APSCo.Joe McGuire, global sales director of cube19, commented: “The number of new vacancies in January is very positive and this is in spite of the Bank of England reporting that GDP is expected to fall by about four per cent in Q1."They are also projecting that following this, there will be a rapid recovery toward pre-Covid levels throughout 2021, which means opportunity will continue to grow in our industry this year."
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