11/19/2024

In These Three Sectors, Global Job Recruitment is Climbing

Hiring for professional roles sees a boost in Q4

Major global companies have boosted hiring for professional roles as they enter the final quarter of the year, especially in retail, technology and healthcare, but demand for financial services recruits is more sluggish, a survey showed on Tuesday.

Job vacancies for professional roles globally were up nearly 9 percent month on month in October, compared with a 5 percent fall in September, according to an index from recruiters Robert Walters.

"The latest figures... (are) a positive hint toward more traditional recruitment cycles returning, whereby October and the final quarter tends to be busy as companies ramp up seasonal hires or look to spend remaining hiring budgets before the close of the year,” Robert Walters' CEO Toby Fowlston said.

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