Braking point
13 September 2012
Many recruiters have only ever worked in a booming market. As the downturn starts to bite, a new set of skills is required
There’s an old joke that goes something like: ‘If he loses his job it’s a downturn, if you lose your job it’s a recession, but if I lose my job it’s a depression.’ For recruiters, however, jobs are jobs, and whatever the status of the current crisis, the immediate effect on jobs has dramatically changed the rules of the industry.
Many people in recruitment have...