London Recruiters See FX Hiring Push By Banks Across-The-Board In 1994
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Headhunters in London forecast expansion for the foreign exchange job market in the coming year, an informal poll by FX Week reveals. Recruiters say that less than a working week into the new year, they are already seeing "healthy demand" for traders.
"Banks that were holding back last year now have the budgets to recruit," says Steve Cartwright of recruiter Gordon Brown. Agrees Veronica McPake of Exchange Appointments, "Over the past two years, banks have made good money in foreign exchange, but
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