Last March (2008) I started to see clients defer recruitment decisions - I reckon this was the first signs, for me, of the recession in the UK. Between then and now, things have been tough for headhunters………………..(note I don’t say impossible, just “tough”)

Last month (April 2009) I started to witness more firm recruitment decisions. I saw companies who want to sit on thier hands no longer. There is a market out there to conquer, and not making decisions is not getting anybody anywhere. 

In April I saw more enquiries, more overseas interest, more business coming from our international SAM Partners, more new assignments than for 13 months.

The recession is not over, but in the interests of talking things up (we all know there are too many people talking things down!), I forecast things will visibly pick up at the end of the summer, and even the Daily Mail will report an upturn! 

I’ll take a £100 bet with anybody that September will be the real start of better tomorrows.

Any takers?

Written by Martin Ellis – me@samheadhunting.com