Consulting Trends

Global Consulting market has experienced significant growth in recent years driven by the need for employment flexibility by both employers and employees.

Skills shortages across all job categories

Increasing trend for companies to outsource services in order to focus on core competence

Liberalization of national labour markets (e.g. Spain, Italy, Japan)

Development of specialist Consulting services in more professional industry sectors

Consolidation of Consulting companies in search of scale and efficiencies

Development of complementary services in order to provide employers with a ‘one-stop shop’ for all their human resources requirements
Internationalization of job market (cross border placements)

Improving status of temporary workers

Increasing proportion of women entering the workforce

Growth of online recruitment via the internet

Development of national and international Consulting contracts with large multinational employers