Recovery boosts job confidence

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File photo dated 05/03/13 of people making notes in a meeting as the economic recovery is making people more confident about jobs as vacancies increase, although further help is needed to prepare some unemployed people for work, according to a report. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday March 28, 2014. A survey of more than 4,000 adults by the National Careers Service showed that four out of five were at least or more confident in jobs or their ability to find work, a slight increase on the end of last year. The improving business outlook, more jobs, and having the right skills or qualifications were all leading to rising levels of confidence, the study found. But one in four jobseekers said said they were not confident about being interviewed for a vacancy and only a third of those questioned had updated their CV. See PA story INDUSTRY Work. Photo credit should read: Lewis Stickley/PA Wire

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%The economic recovery is making people more confident about jobs as vacancies increase, although further help is needed to prepare some unemployed people for work, according to a report.

A survey of more than 4,000 adults by the National Careers Service showed that four out of five were at least or more confident in jobs or their ability to find work, a slight increase on the end of last year.

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