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Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec

2005 - The year of the jobseeker

The job market is booming. Unemployment recently fell to 4.6 per cent, the lowest unemployment rate since comparable records began in 1984

The job market is booming. Unemployment recently fell to 4.6 per cent, the lowest unemployment rate since comparable records began in 1984. Seeing such a positive trend towards the end of the year underlines our view that 2005 will be the year of the jobseeker, comments Joe Slavin, managing director, Monster.co.uk.

The number of jobs posted on Monster has increased significantly in the past year as well. The top areas of growth include:

Architectural Services - 153%

Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations - 99%

Government - 289%

Healthcare - 218%

IT - 221%