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London Loves Business: Craig Sweeney says the UK labour market is still tough

May 20, 2024

Craig Sweeney, EVP of global strategic talent solutions at WilsonHCG, responded to the latest labour market data from the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) in an interview with London Loves Business.

Sweeney said, “While the latest ONS data has shown both an increase in unemployment and yet another fall in recruitment, the labour market remains tight and employers need to be mindful of this.”

Our own data – powered by Claro Analytics, WilsonHCG’s talent intelligence and labour market data platform – showed similar trends in job posts, which dropped for the fifth month in a row, and by 2.5% in March.

You can read the full article by London Loves Business here.

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