69% of employers to make more permanent job offers over next three months

The latest JobsOutlook report from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has found 69% of employers expect to make more permanent job offers over the next three months.
Wed, 26 Feb 2014The latest JobsOutlook report from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has found 69% of employers expect to make more permanent job offers over the next three months.

Nearly half (47%) of employers said they would also increase their use of temporary workers over the next three months.
 
Tom Hadley, REC director of policy, says this month’s findings reflect employers’ growing confidence in the wider economic recovery as well as their belief in their own businesses.

Hadley says: “This month’s survey shows a significant jump in the number of employers who are planning to create more permanent jobs in both the short and medium term.”

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