Robert Walters boss says legal, technology and accounting recruitment is picking up, as data shows temporary vacancies rise for first time in two years
Toby Fowlston, chief executive the recruitment company Robert Walters, talked of “shards of light in certain parts of the world,” including the UK.
The company has just reported a 9% rise in net fee income in the first half of the year.
But technology in particular, the job flow hasn’t really been the challenge. The challenge has been the confidence levels, particularly of candidates to move. And I was really encouraged to see that starting salaries for permanent roles from the recent data are now at the fastest rate for six months. And we know temporary wage growth is continuing to increase as well.
People are impacted by the cost of living. People are impacted, particularly those with fixed rate mortgages, with interest rates having obviously shifted over the last three to five years. So our view is that you’ve got candidates now who are now actively starting to consider the move.
That’s not what we’re seeing at the moment. We’re seeing shards of light in certain parts of the world. The UK is most certainly one of them. So I’m…
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