Staffing Industry Trends

• Global staffing market has experienced significant growth in recent years driven by the need for employment flexibility by both employers and employees.



• Skills shortages across all job categories



• Increasing trend for companies to outsource services in order to focus on core competence



• Development of specialist staffing services in more professional industry sectors



• Consolidation of staffing companies in search of scale and efficiencies



• Development of complementary services in order to provide employers with a 'one-stop shop' for all their human resources requirements



• Internationalisation of job market (cross border placements)



• Improving status of temporary workers



• Increasing proportion of women entering the workforce



• Growth of online recruitment via the internet



• Development of national and international staffing contracts with large multinational employers