Candidates predict that the UK jobs market will bounce back towards the end of the year, according to new research from CV guidance firm CV Trumpet.

Its survey of 1,226 jobseekers found that almost half anticipate that the employment market will have fully recovered by the end of 2010 - with only 5% believing it will take until 2013 or longer before the job market recovers from the knock-on effect of the recession.

While 72% of respondents agreed that finding new work last year was more difficult than in 2008, only 36% agreed or strongly agreed that it would be more difficult to find a job this year (2010) compared to last year (2009).

Robert Odhams, founder at CV Trumpet, says: “Our research has revealed a distinct level of optimism regarding the job market next year. There is a 36% increase in the number of people believing that finding work won’t become any more difficult this year compared with last. This ties in with the result that jobseekers predict that the job market will have recovered within two years.”