90% increase in January job hunters

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The Works has seen a dramatic rise in the number of job-seekers at the start of the year, continuing the pre-Christmas growth.

According to Sarah Leembruggen, managing partner, the number of CVs being received by The Works has risen by a staggering 90% since the start of the year, 50% more than the number received in the same period in 2009.

“Whilst January is traditionally a peak time for job-hunters to send out their CV’s for speculative or specific positions, the flood we’ve received this year is unprecedented and certainly indicates that market confidence is returning”, says Sarah.

Although The Works have been surprised by this surge in candidate interest, what makes January 2010 even more noteworthy according to Managing Partners, Lynne Wilkins and Sarah Leembruggen, is the quality of applications.

Talented candidates are also coming out of the woodwork and throwing their hat in the applications ring. “CV quality is hard to quantify, but we’d say that the bar has been raised at least 20% in the past month alone in terms of a candidates’ background, experience and ability to do the job.”

As a direct result of the rise in candidate quality, the number of interviews being conducted has also doubled.