Recruitment Advice

Unemployment rose by 137,000 to 1.87 million between August and October official figures shown today, the highest level since 1997.

This took the  unemployment level to 6%, the office of national statistics said “the people claiming claiming Job Seekers allowance in November rose by 75,700 to 1.07 million, the largest rise since march 2001.

Over the last few days several large UK employers have announced job cuts to start in 2009 as the economic downturn begins to hit hard.

The TUC has predicted that two million people will be out of a job by Christmas and says half a million people will be facing their second Christmas out of work. It is calling for job seekers allowance to be raised from £60.50 to £75.00 per week.

The governmnet is yet to unveil its plans to get the unemployed back into work but a plan to re- train those who have been made redundant to help them learn a new skill is on the agenda.