David Papapostolou, CCWP

Data Visualization Manager

David Papapostolou
dpapapostolouSPAMFILTER@staffingindustry.com

David Papapostolou is responsible for the maintenance and development of SIA’s interactive research, data processing and visualisation initiatives. David joined the company in May 2010 as a Research Analyst and has written extensively about the staffing industry in many European countries. He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Paris University Denis Diderot and worked as a research scientist in several British Universities prior to joining SIA.

Research Focus: Belgium | France | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Nordics | Switzerland | Vietnam

Recent Articles

US Staffing Industry Forecast: September 2021 Update

September 7, 2021

  • Concise and comprehensive overview of the US staffing industry market size and growth rate overall and for 12 occupational skill segments
  • Provides commentary on trends and dynamics specific to each industry segment
  • Contains complete historical market size and growth rate figures from 1995 up... More

September 2021 US Jobs Report

September 3, 2021

  • Total nonfarm employment rose by 235,000
  • Temporary help services lost -5.800 jobs in August
  • Unemployment rate decreased slightly at 5.2%

August 2021 US Jobs Report

August 6, 2021

  • Total nonfarm employment rose by 943,000
  • Temporary help services gained 9,700 jobs in July
  • Unemployment rate decreased slightly at 5.4%

Largest Direct Hire Staffing Firms Globally

July 2, 2021

  • The Direct Hire staffing segment has been earmarked as an investment opportunity by a number of large staffing groups.
  • Here we present our estimate for the size of the global direct hire market, as well as the size of the ten largest national direct hire markets.
  • This report contains our ranking... More

Global Staffing Market Estimates & Forecasts May 2021

May 21, 2021

  • We provide global and national forecasts for 2020, 2021 and 2022
  • Showing how the market hit by Covid-19 in 2020 is recovering
  • Readers can use these forecast to understand supply and demand this year and next.

Most Complex Contingent Markets Globally

April 16, 2021

  • This report compares over 60 contingent markets across six continents based on the relative complexity involved in setting up a contingent workforce programme.
  • The complexity of each contingent market is evaluated using 12 distinct indicators, based on a mixture of SIA proprietary data and third-party... More

US Staffing Industry Forecast: April 2021 Update

April 13, 2021

  • Concise and comprehensive overview of the US staffing industry market size and growth rate overall and for 12 occupational skill segments
  • Articulates key growth drivers and assumptions as the staffing industry navigates the pandemic and the economy recovers
  • Contains complete historical market... More

Most Attractive Staffing Markets Globally 2021

March 18, 2021

  • Identify investment opportunities
  • 62 staffing markets assessed and compared
  • Use our interactive tool to customize the analysis

Global SI Report Webinar November 2020

November 6, 2020

  • 1 hour webinar sponsored by Sirenum looking at the Global Staffing Market Forecasts
  • Latest developments and forecasts for UK, Italy, France, Netherlands, Japan, amongst others

Global Staffing Market Estimates and Forecast: November 2020 Update

November 5, 2020

  • Base case projection of 16% decline in global staffing revenue this year, followed by 10% growth next year
  • In base case, 13 of 14 largest staffing markets expected to decline substantially this year, with partial recovery next year
  • Alternate worse-case scenario projects 20% decline this year... More