* Company sees 2024 profit at 60 mln stg vs 118.8 mln last year

* Shares tumble nearly 15%

* PageGroup sees no immediate sign of improvement across markets

July 9 (Reuters) - British recruiter PageGroup warned profit would fall by nearly 50% in 2024 due to weaker-than-expected hiring in June and a more cautious view for the second half of the year, sending its shares almost 15% lower on Tuesday.

Recruiters have struggled with declining profits over the last couple of years as employers lay off staff and cut back on hiring, while employees are reluctant to switch jobs and accept offers due to broader economic concerns.

"We continued to see challenging market conditions throughout the group in Q2 and we experienced a softening in activity levels through the quarter, particularly in terms of new jobs registered and number of interviews," CEO Nicholas Kirk said in a statement.

There are no immediate signs of improvement, PageGroup said, adding that recruitment budgets have tightened and offers made to candidates were "not as elevated" as they were in 2022 and early 2023.

The company said converting interviews into accepted offers is the most significant area of challenge for the group.

Shares of PageGroup's London-listed rival Hays, which is set to report quarterly results on Thursday, slipped 4%. European peers Adecco and Randstad also fell more than 3% each.

PageGroup now expects full-year 2024 operating profit to be in the region of 60 million pounds. It reported a profit of 118.8 million pounds last year.

Gross profit in the second quarter fell 12% to 224.3 million pounds ($287.2 million), with fees in June down 18% on last year.

Weak results were seen across its markets, from the U.S. to France, Germany and Britain, China and South East Asia.

($1 = 0.7811 pounds) (Reporting by Yadarisa Shabong in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman, Mrigank Dhaniwala and Jan Harvey )