The light is beginning to show at the end of the recession tunnel, with job losses slowing in Ireland according to new figures
released yesterday.
Data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that the overall number of people signing on to the Live Register fell in October by 3,000 from the previous month to 422,500, the first recorded decline in over two years.
The rate of unemployment also fell slightly from 12.6 per cent in August and September to 12.5 per cent in October.
According to the Irish Examiner, the Government has now revised downward its prediction for end of year unemployment, which had been expected to reach the half-million mark.
In addition, separate figures from Fás out today show unemployment rose at its slowest rate in two years in the three months from July to September.
Mairead Griffin, Career Coach & Outplacement Specialist, http://www.careermentors.ie
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