Insights

Staffing, Talent Acquisition, Workforce

Temporary staffing strengthens as permanent hiring weakens, with low vacancies, limited real pay growth and rising youth unemployment...
Stronger May payroll growth contrasts with rising inflation, weaker real earnings and continued caution in US hiring...
Australia and China improve, Japanese employment reaches a record high, and South Korea records an employment decline...
Weak vacancies and renewed hiring deferrals challenge UK stabilisation, despite regional improvements and greater candidate availability...
Slower April job growth, concentrated sector gains and energy costs highlight continuing uncertainty across the US labour market...
APAC’s labour markets diverge amid rising energy costs, with weaker Australian employment and improving unemployment in Japan and China...
March payrolls rebound, but falling participation, slower wage growth and rising energy costs complicate the US labour market outlook...
Lower unemployment conceals weak vacancies and payrolls as employers weigh improving candidate supply against energy-related uncertainty...
Rising energy costs test APAC’s labour market resilience, with differing employment, unemployment and participation trends across Australia, Japan and China...
February payrolls fall and unemployment rises, while developments in the Middle East add uncertainty to cautious US hiring...