Page Plc表示，欧洲部分深受经济冲击的招聘市场正出现复苏迹象，该公司首席执行官指出，市场情绪的改善正是形势好转的首个信号。
Page Plc said a recovery is emerging in some of Europe’s battered recruitment markets, with the staffing firm’s top boss pointing to improving sentiment as the first sign of a turn.
这位首席执行官尼古拉斯·柯克在采访中称，复苏通常始于市场情绪的改善，随后是招聘服务转化为实际营收的情况变好，最后才是招聘活动的增加。“在那些重新实现经济增长的国家，我们便观察到了这样的过程。”根据该公司周二发布的公告，按固定汇率计算，第三季度毛利润增长了1.5%，达到1.905亿英镑（约合2.521亿美元），这是自2022年以来的首次增长，主要得益于美洲及亚太地区的强劲表现。
A recovery typically begins with improving sentiment, followed by better conversion of job offers into revenue and, finally, an increase in hiring activity Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Kirk said in an interview. “That’s what we’ve seen with the countries that have moved back into growth.”Third-quarter gross profit rose 1.5% at constant currencies to £190.5 million ($252.1 million), the first increase since 2022 and driven by strong performances in the Americas and Asia Pacific, according to a Tuesday statement.
柯克指出，目前包括德国、荷兰、比利时以及英国在内的多个欧洲国家的市场情绪也正在好转。
Sentiment is also improving in several European countries including Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, as well as the UK, according to Kirk.
“英国目前正处于情绪改善的阶段，整体氛围明显变好，”他说道，“不过这种情绪改善尚未转化为实际的招聘活动。但我认为这种情况不会持续太久。我预计未来六个月内，英国的招聘市场也会开始出现增长势头。”据标普全球发布的英国采购经理指数显示，英国就业市场正经历自21世纪初以来持续时间最长的一次低迷期；该指数本月早些时候还显示，英国雇主已连续24个月缩减员工规模。
“The UK is firmly in that sentiment stage where things feel better,” he said. “We haven’t seen that feed through into activity as yet. But I don’t think we’ll be that far away. I would like to think that over the next six months, we’ll start to see some growth in the UK.”Britain’s jobs market is facing its longest downturn since the early 2000s, according to the S&P Global’s UK purchasing managers’ index, which found earlier this month that employers cut back on staff for a 24th consecutive month.
柯克还提到，目前法国属于市场形势尚未好转的例外情况。他指出，明年即将举行总统选举带来的不确定性，以及法国债务危机引发的担忧，都严重影响了当地的招聘情绪。
Read: UK Job Slump Longer Than During Financial Crisis, PMI Says France is currently an exception to the improving picture at Michael Page, Kirk said, noting uncertainty ahead of next year’s presidential election and concerns over the country’s debt crisis weighing on hiring sentiment.
“再加上法国为雇员提供的诸多保障，在当前充满不确定性的大环境下，很少有求职者愿意冒着风险去改变现状，”他补充道。
“You add into that the protection they have as an employee in a country like France, and to put that at risk with the uncertainty in the backdrop is just something that not a lot of candidates will be willing to do,” he said.
谈及人工智能给劳动力市场带来的挑战，柯克表示高级管理职位相对较难被取代。“归根结底，必须有人站在企业顶端，面对人工智能生成并处理的大量数据来做出决策，”他说道，“而我们招聘的正是这类人才。”该公司预计2026年的营业利润将达约2900万英镑，略高于先前的预期。
On the challenges AI poses to the labor market, Kirk said senior roles will remain harder to displace. “Ultimately somebody has to sit at the top of an organization with all of this data that’s created and churned by AI, and make a decision,” he said. “And those are the types of people we hire.”The company expects 2026 operating profit to be approximately £29 million, up slightly from its prior forecast.