(2012/10/6, 英国，/ft.com/) 英国工程技能人才短缺推高了猎头公司Matchtech的利润，该公司称该领域对合同工的需求不断增加。这家专门从事技术和工程人才搜寻的猎头公司表示，目前已经从不断增长的临时工作需求中获益，因为企业在寻求降低固定成本。

   “即使在经济衰退进入谷底的时候，合同工招募仍屹立不倒，现在则增长得更快，”Matchtech CEO阿德里安·冈恩说，“更多的工程公司雇用临时工参与大型项目和项目是出于成本，而不是使用永久员工增加了他们的基准成本(baseline cost)。

    Matchtech还提到技术和专业服务部门对招聘合同工的需求达到了“前所未有”的程度。总体而言，现在集团三分之二的收费来自合同工招聘。在到7月 31日为止的12个月中，集团的净服务费收入升至3610万英镑，比上一年增加21％。在此期间的税前利润增长25％，达到800万英镑。今年收入增长到 3714万英镑，上一年度为3018万英镑。

Skills shortage aids recruiter Matchtech

(Oct. 6, 2012, UK, /ft.com/) A skills shortage in engineering in the UK is helping to boost profits at specialist recruiter Matchtech, which has reported increasing demand for contract jobs in the sector. The technical and engineering recruiter said it had benefited from a growing requirement for temporary jobs, as companies seek to lower their fixed costs.

  “Even during the depth of the recession, [contract recruitment] was very resilient and now it’s growing even quicker,” said Adrian Gunn, chief executive of Matchtech. He said more engineering companies were hiring temporary workers for large projects and attributing the costs to the project, rather than adding to their baseline costs by hiring permanent staff.

  Matchtech also reported “unprecedented” demand for contract recruitment in its technology and professional services divisions. In total, two-thirds of the group’s fees now come from contract recruitment. In the 12 months to July 31, the group’s net fee income rose to £36.1m, a 21 per cent increase on the previous year. Pre-tax profits in the period rose 25 per cent year on year, to £8m. Revenues were up to £371.4m this year, from £301.8m in the year to July 31 2011.
 

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