Commercial Finance People which recruits permanent personnel for the ABL/Invoice Finance, Banking and Asset Finance sectors, has experienced a slight slow-down in the increase in candidate availability reflecting greater stability in the jobs market and anticipates that this will continue.

This is mirrored in the KPMG’s ‘Report on Jobs’ for April which also shows a faster increase in permanent and temporary salaries and continued upturn in permanent placements.

The Report on Jobs (excerpt below), a monthly publication produced by Markit Economics and sponsored by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG LLP shows:-

Weaker growth of candidate availability

Although recruitment consultants reported further improvements in the availability of permanent and temporary/contract staff during April, in both cases the rates of growth slowed since the previous month.

Availability of permanent staff

The availability of staff to fill permanent job vacancies continued to rise in April, extending the current period of growth to twenty-five months. However, the rate of improvement eased to a moderate pace that was the weakest for two years.

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