'It's crazy numbers' - channel recruiter sees unprecedented demand for sales staff

Tom Wright
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Robertson Sumner MD says resellers need to broaden their horizons and look outside of IT for candidates

Channel recruiter Robertson Sumner is seeing an unprecedented demand for sales staff in 2018, according to managing director Marc Sumner. Sumner said that in the first six weeks of 2018 the firm...

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