Recruitment on the Increase ... numbers are in..

Recruitment Overview According to the latest Office for National Statistics data,

20% of businesses reported having worker shortages in early September 2024.

This increased demand can be seen reflected in the Firefish data with the number of jobs created in September up by 5% and the number of placements increasing by 3%. 

• - The total volume of placements increased by 3%.      
• - Temporary & contract placements increased by 3%.      
• - Permanent placements increased by 6%.  

There were two stand-out sectors in September. The technology sector saw placements increase by 24%in perm and 35% in temp & contract. Average revenue per recruiter also increased by 106% on the month.   In the engineering, manufacturing, logistics & FMCG sector perm placements increased by 13% and temp & contract placements increased by 39%.