The “World Cup recruitment wave” that economists had anticipated has come to nothing. The leisure and hospitality industry saw job losses in both June and July. Speaking about the employment-boosting effect brought about by the World Cup, Sniha Puri, an economist working at Indeed, said, “Many World Cup-related hires are probably temporary, and a large number of them have already completed the entire cycle, so now they are no longer reflected in current job vacancies or recruitment data.”

The “World Cup recruitment wave” that economists had anticipated has come to nothing. The leisure and hospitality industry saw job losses in both June and July. Speaking about the employment-boosting effect brought about by the World Cup, Sniha Puri, an economist working at Indeed, said, “Many World Cup-related hires are probably temporary, and a large number of them have already completed the entire cycle, so now they are no longer reflected in current job vacancies or recruitment data.”