September
saw an improvement in job activity after a lull in July and
August
According to the latest study by Adecco, the
number of new job vacancies still dropped in September, but the
rate at which these job opportunities dropped has slowed down each
month.
There are many sectors that are still bucking
the trend and seeing strong growth in the amount of available
positions. Two sectors (IT and Accountancy) saw particularly strong
growth compared to the overall trend where vacancies dropped by
3.5% in the previous month for temporary vacancies. Permanent jobs
increased by 1.1% in September as more employers look to their long
term objectives.
Steven Kirkpatrick, managing director at
Adecco has said that despite some marginal improvement in the UK
jobs market
it is still struggling and has a long time to go to get to pre
recession levels. "There are still opportunities out there for
strong candidates, but competition is fierce and jobseekers have to
work harder than ever to stand out from the crowd,"
Unemployment increased by 55,000 in September
from August to 2.566 million to total 8.1% of the UK population. Dr
Howard Archer, Chief UK & European Economist at IHS commented
that "We think unemployment on the ILO measure is very likely to
reach 2.75 million by mid-2012, taking the unemployment rate up to
8.5%. Indeed, there is amounting risk that unemployment could rise
even higher than this."
With youth unemployment nearly hitting the
million mark, many graduates are struggling to compete with each
other over the select few graduate jobs available. With 81
applicants per graduate role, competition is fierce. Youth
fight for jobs has recreated the Jarrow march, from Jarrow to
London, to protest about the lack of jobs. The last time this march
was completed, 200 men marched to protest against the unemployment
and poverty in the north.
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