Recruitment Of Foreign Exchange Traders On the Rise In London, Headhunters Say
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The job market for dealers in the forex markets has picked up this year, say executive recruiters in London. "We've seen a significant increase in jobs coming through," says Steve Cartwright of Gordon Brown Associates. "The market seems to be coming out of the slump and there are more positions around."
Cartwright says his firm has seen a 20 to 25 percent increase over the first quarter of last year in the amount of recruitment it has been asked to handle so far this year, particularly for spot
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