A quarterly survey of hiring and firing trends covering over 4000 businesses in 32 key countries around the world has found job prospects for professionals and managers continuing to slow, although more organisations expect to recruit at this level in the coming three month.

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The ‘Global Snapshot’ from the international recruitment firm, Antal, asked 4217 companies in major markets such as western and eastern Europe, Africa, India China and the USA whether they were currently hiring at professional and managerial level. It then asked whether they planned to do so in the coming quarter and whether they were currently letting staff go or were planning to do so in the next three months. Current hiring across the globe was down from 54% of respondents at the beginning of the year to 47% now. However the percentage of organisations intending to hire in the coming quarter had actually risen, albeit modestly, from 43% to 44%.

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