One in three recruiters surveyed by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), who felt they could benefit from CBILs, claim they do not know how to access it; find the criteria prohibitive or the process too complicated and difficult.

The findings, released this morning, also reveal hiring is at a near standstill, with 22% of recruitment firms reporting that permanent hiring is at zero and almost half (47%) reporting a decrease in hiring activity of 90%.

Meanwhile, two-thirds of recruitment firms have had up to 25% of their contractors terminated in the last week; 15% have had up to 50% terminated; and 17% have had up to 100% terminated.

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