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The online job market in the UK continues to show signs of recovery in November, results of a survey by online employment solutions company Monster Worldwide showed. The Monster Employment Index UK rose two points to 116 in November, climbing for the second month in a row. In October, the index had risen sharply to 114 from 107 in September. A year ago, the index stood at 152.

The month of October has 7 premium employers offering a range of opportunities for graduates and more experienced jobseekers. With the recession finally beginning to lift employment options are on the increase. Sign up as a jobseeker on employersjobs.com today and use our excellent resources and tools on your job search - find the best job for you!

With many over 45r’s finding themselves in a global disaster along with the rest of the job market who’ve encountered redundancies and job strife - it’s time we posted some advice about handling the modern job search climate. With these helpful tips you can handle job searching with the same finesse and experience often undervalued by employers that mature workers so easily possess!

The escalating food and energy bills are putting pressure on household finances around the world. In the UK it’s just been announced that the minimum wage will rise to £5.73 in October. This is a 3.8% rise from £5.52 - for 18 to 21-year-olds the rate will be £4.77, up from £4.60, while 16 to 17-year-olds will get £3.53, up from £3.40.

Interactive & informative! The guys’ n gals at Google have done it again. With billions of people out there worrying about the global employment hick-up, it’s the wiz-kids at Google who have yet again launched another hugely useful service for us.

It is ironic that Hays, the recruitment specialist that has announced 900 UK redundancies in the past year, has published a list of the most recession-resilient jobs. The listing of roles for which there is high demand at the recruitment firm includes underwriters, claims staff and internal auditors. There is also incredible demand for high end financial advisers with companies like Edward Jones - recently voted one of the top companies to work for in the world!

The richest people in the world have gotten poorer, just like the rest of us. This year the world’s billionaires have an average net worth of £2 billion, down 23% in 12 months. The world now has 793 billionaires, down from 1,125 a year ago. That’s a financial loss of £1 trillion pounds. Just the thought brings tears to my eyes.

There’s a bright side to almost any unwelcome development, isn’t there? Lose a love and you may also lose some unwanted pounds. Lose an ear-ring at a party and you might make a friend in the person who helps you look for it. Lose your job and you may end up in a new one that you like more. There are even bright spots in this recession.

Work place disputes are a necessary burden most of us will encounter at least once on our career paths. Despite many perceptions that conflict in the workplace is always messy and toxic - it is possible to resolve such conflict in a positive and character building manner, for both employers and employees. In an economy where one can simply not afford to be unemployed being diplomatic and informed is key in any dispute situation - and soon help will be but a phone call away.

In January internet users worldwide were rattled by the reports of the major hacking of personal data from Monster.com recruitment website. It is not the first time unfortunately for this recruitment agency. Monster was also in the news in August 2007, when the confidential information of about 1.3 million job seekers was stolen. Diverse methods of scamming and stealing data emerge every day - the only real way to combat it is to educate users on how to identify Phishing, and what precautions to take when using website’s that require personal information.