UK job recruiters see surge in job seekers

Britain’s red-hot job market showed signs of easing with recruiters reporting a sharp rise in the number of job seekers and a drop in demand for staff.

He Recruitment and Employment Confederation it said Monday that its measure of total staff availability rose to 61.4 last month. That was the strongest since 2009, except for the period around the pandemic. Demand for permanent staff fell to the lowest level in almost three years.