This latest data show signs of optimism that the professional staffing sector will certainly welcome. The increase in contractor jobs and placements demonstrates that demand for expertise is growing, but caution remains in relation to increasing headcount.
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For example, I recently worked with a very successful leader who had steered a company over the last several years with enormous success, each year hitting higher and higher revenue targets and winning some of the most sought-after projects in the industry.
Without the stiff competition of the talent wars to push it along, the market is not moving as quickly to follow the few big firms who have announced first-year pay increases.