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Ready to say goodbye to 2008?
Posted by admin in 2008, dmgt, economy, google, hays, recession, twitter. linkedin on 12 22nd, 2008 | No Comments
OK, so its a week or so early, but as 2009 is nearly upon us, I was having a think back at what really has been an incredible year. Here’s how I’ll look back…
1. The economy
You’ve got to start here. Uncharted territory? Well we’ve had recessions (and depressions) before...
Shrinking market? Shrink the web…. (part 1)
Posted by admin in downturn, economy, innovantage, internal recruitment, job flow, online recruitment, recession, recruitment on 10 24th, 2008 | No Comments
It looks like it’s official -the UK is headed into recession. Sky News report here that official figures show the UK economy shrunk by 0.5% between July and September. I don’t think many people would argue these stats are not a decent reflection on how the economy has been over the last few...
Credit crunch? Think this thing may need a new moniker
Posted by admin in ardent, blogs, blt, economy, hudson, online recruitment, paid focus group, recession, recruitment on 09 18th, 2008 | No Comments
Its been a heck of a week for the banking sector. There wasn’t much room for respite between the Lehman’s news and the HBOS/ Lloyds TSB deal. One thing is for sure, if there is one sector that could do with some good news, its banking.
No blog posts for me for a couple of weeks. Been taking...
Crunch time for UK recruitment market?
Posted by admin in economy, hays, job cuts, job flow, recession, recruitment, recruitment consultant, redundancy, slowdown, uk on 09 2nd, 2008 | No Comments
It seems to be getting tougher to avoid bad economic news - every time I turn on the TV there’s either more doom, gloom or tips on how to save money. Its been a heck of a long time since we’ve had this sort of scenario in the UK.
Results from recent survey of 1400 firms for employment law...
