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Nov 2024
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Brainfood Live On Air - Ep280 - 2024 in ...

Hung Lee
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2024 in Review: UK Staffing Market   Recruitment has gone through another turbulent year and it's clear that the global staffing market has had one its most challenging years recent times. How has the UK fared, what are the reasons for this and how do we think the prospects will look in 2025 and beyond?   - State of UK staffing Marketing - Big agency bottom line - Contract market vs Perm Market - Growth industries where labour demand is high - Declining industries where labour demand is low - Avg fee / commission - Cash collection / invoice reneges - Technology implementation - big news in 2024 sector - Business development in demand - how have sales techniques evolved in 2024? - What should individual business owners do to prepare for 2025?   All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Neil Carberry, CEO, (The Recruitment & Employers Confederation), Simon Bliss, Chairman (TEAM), Angela Cripps, MD (Recruiting Gym) & Darren Topping, Director of Solutions & Insight (Impellam Group)   We're on Friday 1st Nov, 1pm GMT   Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show.   Ep280 is sponsored by our friends Atlas   Imagine making 50% more placements without a second more effort. Atlas is an end-to-end recruitment platform built from the ground up with generative AI.   What does that mean?   Everything you do is covered in one single platform, including:  
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