People searching for new IT jobs in Scotland will be pleased to hear that January saw a rise in the number of permanent jobs available.

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Spokespeople for recruiter Morgan Hunt and employment lawyer Thomas Eggar have lent their support to plans to reduce the current 90-day minimum length of consultations on staff redundancies to 30 days.

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Hull, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland are among the worst cities to find a job, with up to 80 unemployed claimants chasing every vacancy, a new analysis shows.In contrast, Reading, Cambridge, London and Milton Keynes were among the best cities to find a job

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Staff placements in both the temporary and permanent sectors in Scotland grew in January following declines in December, although rates of growth were still below long-term averages.

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The last 12 months have been mixed for global financial markets and consequently for financial services hiring activity. The eurozone crisis has created an extremely challenging operating environment for many financial institutions in Europe and beyond. Subsequently, the hiring market has been significantly affected and the pattern of recruitment activity throughout 2011 has reflected this.

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Key highlights from the January 2012 monitor include:

• Morgan McKinley’s London Employment Monitor registered a 64% month-on-month increase in the number of newly available financial services jobs in January 12
• Compared to the same time last year, however this was a decline of 52%
• The number of professionals starting to look for new job roles in January 12 rose by 18% from December 11
• This was a fall of 38% compared to the number of professionals entering the jobs market at the same time a year ago
• The time taken to fill new roles rose considerably by 30 days compared to December 11 to reach 91 days
• The average salary for those securing new positions in January 12 rose by 4% from December 11

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Salary Survey examines hiring and remuneration trends for 2012 targeted across three areas: commerce & industry, professional services and the public sector. We surveyed 350 senior-level operational and HR managers working in accounting, finance and support.

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Despite negative media reports trying to dent the optimism amongst jobseekers, reed.co.uk, one of the UK’s leading websites for sales, construction and graduate jobs, have announced that many recognised global business are now pursuing new recruitment drives in an attempt to get thousands back into work and stimulate company growth.

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Workers in the IT sector have emerged as the best positioned ‘hard’ skill candidates to weather what is set to be the stormiest period in the jobs market since the recession began. Asked by the CIPD about their recruitment plans, hirers showed that IT staff topped the list of hard-skill occupations they require over both this current first quarter and the next five years.

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