Looking 4 a Job

LOOKING FOR A JOB

The number of people out of work in the UK rose to 1.79 million and the unemployment rate to 5.7% by August 08. There have been further large numbers of jobs lost since then. But Jobcentre Plus says there are still 600,000 job vacancies in the UK at any time. (BBC News)

Some people argue that most of us are only out of work for a short amount of time, and the Department for Work and Pensions says that four out of five people who make a new claim for jobseekers' allowance are off it within six months. If you know what you want to do, people looking for a job can start with a database of jobs held by Jobcentre Plus.

If you need advice, guidance or counselling about what to do, individual and group career-planning advice is available, from this blog, and via the new website career-planning.co.uk (Launching January 09), as is advice and guidance on training or learning new skills.