Tuesday, Jun 01, 2010
More worse paid jobs
BBC News: Number of job vacancies 'rises across UK'
The number of job vacancies across the UK rose slightly last month, but the pay on offer fell, a report has said.
Employment agency Reed said 1% more jobs were offered by firms through its service in May compared with April.
At the same time, it said the average wage available declined by 3% to £31,800 in May, from £33,200.
Job demand rose most in the charity and voluntary sectors, followed by marketing, public relations, legal and secretarial.
Reed said about 90,000 jobs were offered though it in total last month.
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1. drewster said...
A lot of recruiters, especially smaller ones, have gone out of business. So although there are more jobs per recruiter, there are fewer recruiters so there may well be fewer jobs too. We've seen the same with the oft-quoted houses-per-agent figures.
2. mr g said...
@drewster "A lot of recruiters, especially smaller ones, have gone out of business."
Couldn't happen to a better bunch of spivs other than EA's and bankers.
I have dealt with several recruitment firms over the years and whilst a small number are highly professional and reliable, the majority are no more than con artists advertising non existent jobs or posts that are already filled. Good riddance!