The number of workers getting permanent jobs rose at its fastest rate since the beginning of the credit crisis, the latest employment statistics have disclosed.
Employment experts said the news highlighted confidence returning to the private sector as the recession eases.
But they warned the jobs market will remain “extremely competitive”, particularly among younger jobseekers, in 2010.
The figures published by accountancy firm KPMG revealed 62.8 per cent of the 400 recruitment agencies surveyed said they placed more staff in jobs in December than the previous month.
It compared with a percentage of 61.7 per cent in November and is the highest figure since July 2007.
Bernard Brown, Partner and Head of Business Services at KPMG said: “The jobs market has continued its journey back to health and the data are certainly encouraging. We now need to see this improvement carried over into 2010 for the jobs recovery to be consolidated.”
Last month, figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed unemployment jumped to 2.49 million between August and October, up 21,000 from the three months to July 2009.
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