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

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Sumitomo

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Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 107.4 (Hot) — down 1.8 versus the prior month — and Asia signal share is steady (+0.3pts).

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

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