The Future of the Recruitment Industry Report: 2024 from Firefish Software
TEAM Head Office • January 12, 2024

At the end of every year we survey hundreds of agency leaders across the UK and Ireland. Enabling the Firefish Software marketing team to paint a picture of how business has been, growth forecasts for the year ahead and the strategies they are prioritising.

The 2024 Recruitment Agency Report is now live and here’s a couple of highlights from it:

📧 – Is email marketing making a comeback? Email marketing saw the highest year-on-year growth as a candidate acquisition channel for the second year running. 
📊 – Salary conflict – 84% of leaders believe that base salary is the most important factor for candidate attraction however more than 50% of leaders reported no increase in their recruiters’ base salaries in the last 12 months. 
📈 84% of agency leaders are confidently forecasting sales growth in 2024. If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to seize new opportunities, this could be your year to shine! 💰 

Link to the full report 👇 

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