Jobs a good''un

The unemployment rate has increased to around the 8% mark since the recession first lodged itself into the core of the global economy. This is the highest level since the mid 1990s and there has not been such a deep reaching peacetime recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

However, there could at last be light at the end of the tunnel. Consumer confidence is up meaning high street spending is on the increase and the travel sector, albeit the low-cost division, is happily increasing capacity again as bookings start to rise.

The financial sector is making baby steps towards recovery and the housing market finally has some wind in its sails. But probably the most joyful news for the average UK citizen is that the job market is picking up pace.

In the middle of 2009, headlines spoke of empty job pages, underworked recruitment consultants, redundancy and a huge rise in the number of people ''going freelance'' or going on sabbatical. But figures compiled by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG showed the index of permanent placements by recruitment agencies to have jumped from 61.7% in November to 62.8% in December ? the fastest growth rate in two and a half years.

Good news just keeps on flowing too. The reading for job market growth jumped in December from below 50, representing market contraction, to above 50, meaning the market was in expansion at last.

The overall unemployment figure fell by 7,000 to 2.458 million according to the Office of National Statistics. However, this still means the unemployment rate is 7.8%.

But certain sectors are starting to look healthier. Marketing and PR recruitment, as per usual, is schmoosing its way to the top of the list followed by other media related jobs. Education and healthcare, sectors that previously were struggling, are now getting a boost as people retrain as teachers and nursing assistants.

On the other side however, jobs in sales are lower than normal, but as consumer and business confidence grows, this sector is likely to return to its former glory. Recruitment is also an area that saw a lot of redundancies and is still lagging behind other sectors. In 2007 you couldn''t get through a job site without stumbling upon umpteen recruitment and HR jobs, now this is one of the most poorly filled sectors.

Part-time jobs are beginning to blossom thankfully, so people who may need to supplement a lost income are able to pick up a temp, shift or part-time job with more ease in 2010 than they could last summer.

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Audry Jolie was looking for jobs and found the Guardian Jobs website, he now recommends it highly.

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