Amazon: 300,000+ holiday hires, up 20%. Challenger: seasonal retail hiring likely the lowest since 2008. If you staff warehouses, your client now competes with $20/hr and, from Jan 1, 2027, day one healthcare for seasonal staff. What's the counteroffer?

Randstad Q3: US Operational revenue up 19%. Perm fees down 4%. Clients are adding hourly workers again and still waiting on direct hire. Which one is your firm seeing move first?

UPMC has been a VeloSource client since 2017. Now its venture arm owns a minority stake in the firm. Most staffing firms want a seat at their best client's table. This one put the client on its cap table. What would it take for yours?

OECD employment hit a record 70.4% in Q2. Youth unemployment rose to 11.3% in August, while it held at 4.2% for workers 25+. The experienced people are working. The young ones are waiting on a first job. Staffing used to be how a lot of them got it. Still true?

66% of recruiters say AI made their jobs easier. Only 18% say more than half their time has moved off admin work (Employ, Recruiter Nation 2026). A faster step doesn't help much if the work around it is still manual. Where does your team's admin time go?

32% of workers 55+ would keep working past retirement age (SD Worx, Europe). Only 5% of them are job hunting, vs 19% of under-35s. The most experienced people in your market will never see your job post. Who on your desk is calling them?

KPMG: 89% of US CEOs expect headcount to grow over the next 3 years. 53% also plan cuts in some areas. Both at once means the job order you filled last year may not match the role your client needs now.