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Strongest hiring plans in the Netherlands While the economic environment is deteriorating, most employers still have modest hiring intentions as we begin 2024.
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Us about it. and the sector, there's a depleted workforce, so we have a supply—and—demand issue, which means our competitors are putting up prices as well. but the staff say as soon as that welcome extra money comes in, it seems to go straight back out again. our essential bills have gone up, and theyjust keep going up, so that's the reason why we are getting pay rises, because the cost of living has gone up. so i wouldn't say it's that we're having that much more money, it's just the fact to cover our bills and things like that. across the economy, the reality is, average private sector p...
Vacancies in the private sector are falling fast. open positions in hospitality, down ii%. open positions in retail, down 9%. it seems that private businesses are reducing their hiring intentions, expecting consumer demand and the economy to weaken, perhaps paying the staff they've got that little bit more. but downsizing is not an option for sectors like the nhs or education. vacancies in the public sector are still high and, in some areas, growing. the tension between the two is unsustainable, argue some. leaving aside any moral arguments i about the cost of living crisis, i it'sjust not sus...