Staffing company Adecco expects hiring to pick up, boosted by defence spending

Adecco AG

22/01/2026 14:52

ZURICH, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Adecco Group ADEN.S is expecting an upturn in hiring in 2026, helped by increases in defence spending and as companies switch from waiting out uncertainty to taking on new workers, the staffing company's CEO Denis Machuel said on Thursday.

"We will have a more dynamic market this year. We finished last year and started with good momentum this year, and I think it's going to continue," Machuel told Reuters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

"People and companies are saying, ok, 'uncertainty is going to remain, so let's get going,'" he added.

 (Reporting by John Revill;Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)

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