High tech troubleshooters: a gig economy for professionals?

• The digital transformation of work is being powered by temporary staff. Are we seeing the emergence of a gig economy for professional troubleshooters with highly marketable skills?

• ONS employment data reveals the extent of the squeeze on the UK’s hiring sector.

• Job board activity is plummeting over the last year. Does this mean bad tidings for the recruitment sector? Or are employers growing too impatient to sit back and wait for responses to their listed vacancies?

Read all of the week's recruitment news stories.