Jobless toll 'could hit 3m by the end of the year'

Months of uncertainty in the eurozone, the Greek elections and a worsening debt position in southern Europe are to blame for the "worrying" recruitment figures, according to the report by KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), out today.

On a scale where anything above 50 represents an increase, the number of permanent job placements in June fell to 46.8, down from 51 the previous month...Telegraph