Good news everyone!

[andrewducker]

| UK jobless total falls, it says here.

Just because it's nice to have some good news occasionally, and show that the people running the economy (insofar as you can run an economy) are doing a reasonable job:

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the number of people out of work in the three months to May fell by 20,000 on the previous quarter to 1,474,000, bringing the unemployment rate down to 5%.

Average earnings increased by 3.4% in the three months to May, up from April's figure of 3.2%.

The data also showed that the number of jobs in the economy grew by 101,000 to a new record of 27.91 million people.

However, the ONS also showed the number of people out of work and claiming benefit rose by 1,700 last month to 952,000.

Comments

[andrewducker]

I'm sure charterign will happen eventually, but the problem is that there's so much scope for people doing little bits around the edges that wouldn't require a chartered consultant.

There are far too many know-nothings around at the moment, it has to be said. Still, as a know-something, I'm not too worried, as I tend to get promoted faster :->

[thepaintedone.livejournal.com]

Stuff at the edges will be fine. Small companies dont employ a chartered accountant, they either outsource the work or else hire someone who knows what the are doing but doenst have the credentials (often a multi-jobber, e.g. they do HR as well). It will be exactly the same.

Neither will all IT professionals be chartered, the same way most accounts departments have teams of admin staff and just a few chartered professionals.