Agencies are far from dead: 2010 in review

Yes, I am pleased to confirm that the Australian recruitment agency sector, after a near-death experience in late 2008 and early 2009, is alive and well. Reports of the industry's irrelevance were proven to be well off the mark as growth and profitability rebounded strongly in 2010.

That doesn't mean it was a year without challenges.

In fact, for the pess…