Est. 2001·3,000+ placements · six offices · four regions

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Evolution

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Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 107.8 (Hot) (up 2.4 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-8.7pts) on signal share.

Evolution: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.

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