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British Council: Strategic Hiring
British Council appointed as UK's National Agency for Erasmus+ as the country rejoins the program
Source: The PIE News
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening consulting executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: Backdrop: a 98.6 (Neutral) Talent Market Index (down 1.4 on the month) with EMEA activity steady (-1.1pts).
British Council: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Consulting median of 1 across 40 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.
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