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Searching for Turning Points: Online recruitment

Geoff Riley

28th November 2009

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Part of our series of blogs focusing on turning points in the economic cycle. The Economist recently published a chart which measures the strength of companies’ hiring intentions by counting online advertisements. Recruitment levels are still significantly down on a year ago but there are signs that employment intentions are starting to edge higher - perhaps a lead indicator of a change in mood among employers that they will need extra workers if and when the upturn gathers momentum.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.