SECTOR ANALYSIS: Retail & sales.

(From Recruiter)

With more people staying at home and an influx of foreign visitors taking advantage of the weak pound, such factors suggest retail hiring may be stabilising or even picking up

The demand for sales people in the retail sector may be bottoming out, according to the latest Monster Employment Index.

The latest readings show that, despite a 2% drop in the index in May, online job opportunities in the sales sector increased by the same amount, a sign that retail industry hiring may be stabilising.

Retail recruiters say that, although the market is tougher than at this time last year, business is picking up.

Grant Morris, …