Morning all

A recent study has identified that UK employers are increasingly likely to hire agency workers amid continuing falls in confidence in the economy.

When asked about economic conditions in the country as a whole 13% of employers said they were getting better, while 44% believed they were getting worse, a net difference of -31 percentage points; 57 percentage points lower than in June 2016.

The more positive figures on hiring for temporary workers suggest that many businesses are turning to agency work to help them navigate the unpredictability they currently face. This might be driven by waiting to see whether permanent hiring is justified, or by using additional labour to meet demand rather than making big capital investments” – Neil Carberry, REC

In view of the economic outlook, employers expected confidence in hiring and investment decisions, 23% said it was getting better while 27% believed it was getting worse.

The JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) found that the balance of sentiment for hiring agency workers in the short-term was 10 percentage points higher than the previous month at +3 net.

https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/rec-jobs-outlook-april-2019-reliance-on-agency-workers-increases-as-confidence-in-economy-drops/

 

And on a separate note the government has launched the recruitment process for the Bank of England and is using an Executive Search Agency, with an estimated annual salary of £480,000 that is quite some assignment!

Further details are here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48035122

Is your business using more and more temporary staff at the moment?

All the best

Sarah

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