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Aside from the unemployment figures that were announced today, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation released its Jobs Outlook report for April 2010.
 
The highlights include:
 
 

Nearly 1 in 5 employers expect to take on more temporary staff in Q2 2010
More employers are planning to increase their perm workforce in short and medium term
Lloyds Bank's Business Barometer - business confidence lifted, albeit from a low base
Consumer's uncerta

All in all its been a busy three months at Moon Consulting:
We have taken on an exciting new job see http://www.moonconsulting.co.uk/jobDetails/1003-2/1 for more details and apply in the normal way.
Moon Consulting director Shaun Durham is now on twitter. Follow him here for tweets on HR, recruitment, business and Aikido!
There seems to be more confidence in the executive recruitment market, although the going remains tough. Whether the recent budget or upcoming election will make any practic

Welcome to 2010. The snow has gone (in most parts), Christmas and New Year celebrations have faded from the memory and, it would appear, the recession is over. For Moon Consulting 2010 is a big year. It is our tenth anniversary of trading. To celebrate, we will be holding various events and launching new initiatives - watch this space! The new decade has started with some promise, and while it is too early to speak of a sustained recovery, our clients are feeling more positive than twelve months

  The vast majority of Moon Consulting's clients are small businesses of less than 100 people. Typically an owner-manager calls us in to strenthen a management team to faciliate growth and / or exit strategies.
Therefore it is with interest that we notice The Guardian's new business section dedicated to SMEs - Small is Beautiful. The Guardian may not be the business leader's first choice of publication (The Times, FT and Telegraph lay better claims) but we welcome the focus on what is afte