Key trends in the global and New Zealand recruitment market - Summer 2012/2013

From a macro-level perspective, high global unemployment levels have become mainstay and are looking likely to be the norm for the foreseeable future.

What seems more worrying still is that youth unemployment (those aged between 15 and 24) is typically double that of national unemployment averages (15 to 64 year olds) in virtually all developed nations. Even given predicted demographics that indicate by 2050 younger generations will have halved in terms of population numbers (which also comes with its own fiscal and budgetary challenges), this is a social and economic ticking time bomb waiting to explode in the short to medium term ... READ MORE

Released by The Madison Group - December 2012