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Job vacancies are at their highest now since before the recession
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Posted in Candidates, Employers on Feb 20, 2014 by Richard Hayden
Great news that there are now more job vacancies in the UK than at any time since the days before the recession, according to figures released this morning by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
According to the ONS, there are now 580,000 vacancies in the UK, the highest figure since September 2008, when the economy was at its pre-recession height. This is up from 492,000 in the same period (November to January) a year ago.
The ONS estimates published today show that the number of people out of work fell by 125,000 to 2.34m in the final quarter of 2013.
More than 193,000 more people were in work in the three months to the end of December than in the previous quarter. This brings the total number in employment to more than 30m.
Youth unemployment dropped by 1% on the last quarter, with 49,000 more 16-to-24-year-olds in work.
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