Agency work industry conitnued the recovery from an economic downfall which started in US in 2007 and it started seeing a positive growth throughout 2011 & 2012. The upward growth in agency work industry was witnessed in other major countries as well. Read the complete "Worldwide Agency Work Industry in 2011" report. http://www.talentproindia.com/blog/entryid/52/global-agency-work-industry-in-2011-report

1. “Agency Work”
Industry
Global
2011

2. PLAYERS
1

3. 2
1,40,000
PRIVATE
EMPLOYMENT
AGENCIES
8,63,000
INTERNAL
STAFF
1,79,000
BRANCHES
WORLDWIDE
There are ���,��� private employment agencies and ���,��� branches worldwide, with PrEAs
(Private Employment Agencies) employing ���,��� internal staff (Managers, HR consultants and
back office people working in branches) in ����.
The Asia/Pacificregion accounts for ��%of all private employment agencies, Europe
represents ��%of all PrEAs and North America accounts for ��%.
China, Japan and the USAare the top three countries in terms of number of PrEAs,
accounting collectively for ��%of all agencies worldwide.
NORTH
AMERICA11% CHINA, JAPAN
& USA67%ASIA/
PACIFIC61%
24EUROPE
%
[1] [2]
[1] Based on data from 39 countries [2] Based on data from 30 countries

4. 3
Asia/Pacific accounts for ��% of total number of PrEA branches, Europe accounts
for ��%, and North America accounts for ��%.
Japan, USA and the UK are the top three countries by number of branches, accounting
together for ��% of all branches worldwide.
Europe accounts for ��% of all internal staff in PrEAs, Asia/Pacific for ��%, and North
America for ��%.
The top three countries in terms of internal staff are Japan, Brazil, and the USA,
accounting together for ��% of all internal staff worldwide.
NORTH
AMERICA20%
EUROPE26% JAPAN, USA
& UK74%
51ASIA/PACIFIC
%
JAPAN, BRAZIL
& USA57%
ASIA/PACIFIC23%
EUROPE32%

5. 4
Revenue

6. [3] Based on data from 43 countries 5
The top �� PrEAs worldwide accounted for ��% of
global annual sales revenues in ����.30%
The global total annual sales revenues amounted to
€��� billion.
JAPAN17% UNITED
KINDGDOM11%
23 USA
%
€259
Billion
The US is the world leader with ��% of global annual sales. The
Japan represents ��% of the global agency work market. The UK
remains the third largest market worldwide with ��% of global total
annual sales revenues.
[3]

7. 6
Europe accounts for ��% of global total annual sales revenues,
Asia/Pacific for ��% and North America for ��%.
ASIA /
PACIFIC25% NORTH
AMERICA24%
41EUROPE
%

8. Agency workers
in numbers
7

9. [4] Based on data from 42 countries 8
The total number of agency workers
worldwide amounted to ��.� million in
full-time equivalents in ����.
US with �.� Million has the highest number of agency workers in
full-time equivalents, followed by India with �.� Million and UK with
� Million.
SOUTH
AMERICA
14%
NORTH
AMERICA
24%32EUROPE
%
Europe accounts for ��% of
total agency workers worldwide,
North America for ��%, and
South America ��%.
[4]

10. The profile of
agency workers
9

11. [5] Based on data from 24 countries 10
Japan and the USA have
greater number of older
agency workers.
��% of agency workers in
Japan are over �� years of age.
��% of agency workers in
USA are over �� years of age.
��% ��Age ��% of agency workers in Europe
are aged less than ��.Europe
��% ��Age
JAPAN
��% ��Age
USA
[5]

12. [6] Based on data from 22 countries 11
In South Africa over ��%
of agency workers are
under ��.
��%SOUTH
AFRICA
��Age
In Brazil ��% of agency
workers are under the
age of ��.
��%BRAZIL
��Age
��% agency workers have at best finished their
secondary education.
In Japan ��% of agency workers view agency
work as their desired form of work.��%
[6]

13. 12
Agency workers are employed in a wide
range of sectors represented most strongly
in services and manufacturing.
Most agency work jobs require low or medium
skill levels.

14. Reference
http://www.ciett.org/index.php?id=163
http://www.ciett.org/fileadmin/templates/ciett/docs/Stats/Ciett_EC_Report_2013_Final_web.pdf
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