The slowdown in hiring across the UK amidst redundancies has increased at an "accelerated pace", with the available pool of workers up for the ninth consecutive month in November, a press release from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) said.
A weak economic climate has resulted in a hesitancy to commit to new hires, the release said. Candidate supply rose at the most rapid rate since December 2020.
Permanent staff appointments contracted at the second-quickest rate since June 2020, while