The Dutch recruitment company Randstad announced in early August that it would buy the Monster Worldwide job portal. The final agreement on the acquisition calculated the total purchase price of $ 429 million ($ 3.40 per share). Randstad wants to expand its portfolio of the HR services it has been providing since 1960 in 39 countries including the Czech Republic. What does this acquisition indicate about the current state of the HR services market and its further development?