Recruitment activity over the summer

Dear experienced consultants and forum browsers,

Based on your experience, does the MC recruitment activity tend to slow down over the summer months?

Thanks in advance for your valuable input.

Less than you might think is the simple answer.

Decision-makers being on holiday mean hiring requirements take a bit longer to get approved; interview processes take longer to be completed; decisions on offers get held up a bit.

But the main drivers for firms needing to hire (1. replacing lost staff and 2. plugging gaps in practices where new projects have been won) aren't impacted that much by the summer holidays and so nor therefore is hiring activity.

Hope this helps

Tony Restell

Top-Consultant.com