Oct 22 (Reuters) - Headhunter Randstad RAND.AS on Wednesday reported an third-quarter operating profit of 191 million euros ($223 million), beating an analyst consensus of 182 million polled by the company.
Chief executive Sander van't Noordende said that "strong cost discipline" was in part responsible for driving progress in the last quarter.
Quarterly revenue came in at 5.81 billion euros, a year-on-year drop of 3.4% year-on-year, but in line with the consensus of 5.81 billion.
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(Reporting by Jakob Van Calster)
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