Marc Sumner: 'Vendor land isn't safe' as channel hiring rises again

Sumner believes employees are now turning to channel partners for employment following mass vendor cuts

Kelsey Rees
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Marc Sumner: 'Vendor land isn't safe' as channel hiring rises again

Hiring in the IT channel will start to pick up in Q2 2023 and reach pre-Covid levels again in Q3 after a period of major culls to the vendor workforce.  That's according to Marc Sumner, MD of IT...

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