Recruiters Hays and Robert Walters make more redundancies in 2024

  • Hays 明らかにする/漏らすd it 減ずるd staff levels by 5% in the first three months of 2024
  • 一方/合間, Robert Walters 減少(する)d its total headcount by 4% to 3,812?

Hays and Robert Walters have become the 最新の recruiters to make その上の 職業 削減(する)s まっただ中に a challenging 全世界の 雇用 market.

Hays 明らかにする/漏らすd it 減ずるd staff levels by 5 per cent in the 開始 three months of 2024, having axed 1,150 positions last year to save money.

一方/合間, Robert Walters 減少(する)d its headcount by 4 per cent to 3,812, meaning it has almost 600 より小数の 従業員s than at the end of March 2023.

Redundancies: Hays and Robert Walters have become the latest recruiters to make further job cuts?amid a challenging global employment market

Redundancies: Hays and Robert Walters have become the 最新の recruiters to make その上の 職業 削減(する)s?まっただ中に a challenging 全世界の 雇用 market

Both companies have been 衝撃d by a sharp 減少(する) in income from 一時的な and 永久の 新規採用, 同様に as 女性 業績/成果s across most markets where they operate, 含むing Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.

In the UK and Ireland, Hays saw 逮捕する 料金s 低迷 by 16 per cent on a like-for-like basis, driven by a 大規模な 急落(する),激減(する) in 料金s from the 科学(工学)技術 部門.

に引き続いて a pandemic-induced 殺到する in 雇うing, tech 会社/堅いs have undertaken 大規模な redundancies over the past two years as the absence of lockdown 制限s has led to people spending more time outdoors.

They have also axed 職業s in 返答 to central banks 引き上げ(る)ing 利益/興味 率s to temper インフレーション, which began 狙撃 up in 2022 借りがあるing to travel 抑制(する)s and 殺到するing oil and gas prices.

分析家s 推定する/予想する 利益/興味 率s in major economies to come 負かす/撃墜する this year, but 雇用者s remain 用心深い given the uncertain 経済的な 背景.

Toby Fowlston, 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある of Robert Walters, said: 'The general 環境 remains one where (弁護士の)依頼人 and 候補者 信用/信任 is at low levels, which we 推定する/予想する to continue to be a headwind to 料金 income growth in the 近づく 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語.'

Cutting jobs: Recruiter Hays revealed it reduced staff levels by 5 per cent in the opening three months of 2024, having axed 1,150 positions last year to save money

Cutting 職業s: Recruiter Hays 明らかにする/漏らすd it 減ずるd staff levels by 5 per cent in the 開始 three months of 2024, having axed 1,150 positions last year to save money

Hays and Robert Walters' 貿易(する)ing updates come as the Office for 国家の 統計(学) 報告(する)/憶測d that the UK 失業率 rose to 4.2 per cent in the three months ending February.

It also follows a day after fellow recruiter PageGroup said it 減ずるd its 料金 earner headcount by 100 in the first 4半期/4分の1 of this year.

PageGroup has 削除するd more than 1,300 positions since its staff numbers pe aked at 7,071 in the third 4半期/4分の1 of 2022.

The Surrey-based 商売/仕事 saw 甚だしい/12ダース 利益(をあげる)s 落ちる by 12.8 per cent to £219.7million 予定 to poor 貿易(する)ing across 大陸の Europe and 雇用者s taking longer to make 永久の 雇うs.

Hays 株 were 4.3 per cent 負かす/撃墜する at about 88p on 早期に Tuesday afternoon, meaning their value has shrunk by around 19 per cent since the year began.

Robert Walters 株 低迷d even その上の, by 6.9 per cent to £3.63, making them one of the biggest FTSE All-株 索引's fallers.