KPMG & REC Report on Jobs August 2025
The headline figures evidence:
- Starting salary inflation slips to the lowest in nearly four-and-a-half years
- Permanent placements and temp billings continue to decline
- Rapid upturn in candidate supply amid reports of redundancies
What more can be said?
Except that we now await the autumn budget and hope it's not too damaging.
Contact us now for a free, no-obligation chat. Contact Clare here.
Clare Wight is the founder and Managing Director of Clarity Appointments, an independent recruitment specialist. She served as a Regional Director for The Employment Agents Movement, supporting other independent recruiters.
She remains an active member of Recconnect (formerly Members Only), a recruitment leadership network promoting high ethical standards, collaboration, diversity, equity and inclusion.
She believes business owners are more fulfilled and higher-performing when they provide emotional and professional business support to other business owners, even those they deem to be competitors. She does this actively, whilst challenging and updating her skills and knowledge of the recruitment sector, enabling her to offer the best advice to firms looking to make their next hire.
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