REPORT · 2025 · FREE TO READ

The State of Business Development in Recruitment

Independent research into how recruitment firms actually win, retain and grow client revenue — what moves the number, what doesn't, and where the sector is quietly losing ground.

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What the report covers

  • Where recruitment BD spend is actually going,  and what it's returning.
  • The gap between what leaders say the BD strategy is and what their consultants do on Monday morning.
  • Which BD motions correlate with revenue-per-head — and which are pure motion.
  • How the top decile of firms structure their commercial function differently.
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