Graduate job hunters may be interested to hear that unemployment fell by 33,000 from the previous quarter according to data from the Office for National Statistics released yesterday (March 17th). The body also confirmed that the amount of vacancies also rose during this quarter by 39,000 to reach 480,000 in the three months from December to February, which should hopefully translate into a surfeit of degree-level opportunities for recent university leavers. Any candidates hoping to find work in the public sector will be pleased to hear that employment in this area continued to grow, increasing by 46,000 in the year to the final quarter of 2009, compared to a loss 527,000 jobs in the private sector. John Atkinson, associate director of the Institute for Employment Studies, said: "It is encouraging that unemployment has fallen sharply this month, but the underlying growth in vacancies may be leveling off."
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