Pro-EU forces have warned that if Britain votes to exit the union on June 23, the country could lose almost a million jobs. Recruiters say the damage has already begun. ''Companies are pushing the pause button,'' said Kit Bingham, a partner at executive search firm Odgers Berndtson. An Odgers poll last month found that a quarter of directors at FTSE 350 companies would consider relocating at least part of their business if voters approve a Brexit. Even with a vote to stay, some harm is inevitable, economists say. The slowdown in hiring during the months of uncertainty before the poll will ''come up in the GDP numbers,'' said Swati Dhingra, an assistant professor at the London School of Economics. ''There's going to be a lag. It won't recover overnight.''
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