Agencies corner London jobs market

A quarter of all job vacancies in London are filled through recruitment agencies, according to a new report.

Over 40 per cent of high level professional, clerical and secretarial jobs are also filled this way according to Central London Jobs and Skills Review, a report by Focus, the central London Tec.

By comparison, job centres only fill 10 per cent of job vacancies in London, according to the survey of more than 1,200 major London employers.

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By Paul Nelson