Est. 2001·3,000+ placements · six offices · four regions

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The Orchard

2 signals in the current window, with MitchelLake's leadership read on each.

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Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 113.9 (Hot) (up 13.8 month-on-month), Americas is at easing (-3pts) on signal share.

The Orchard: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 2 tracked across 47 days.

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