Firms ‘still looking to recruit staff’
Recruitment firm Manpower said a survey of 2,100 employers showed they were demonstrating a “remarkable resilience” given the state of the economy. Managing director Mark Cahill said: “When you’re going head to head with a return to recession at home and a burgeoning eurozone crisis, by rights the jobs market should be in free fall, but that’s not what we’re seeing. Firms are still looking to hire, albeit at a weaker pace than before.”
A separate report by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG showed a modest rise in permanent staff jobs in May.