Two new surveys published this week create an interesting if divergent view of the state of the UK economy in June 2009. One suggests that the extremely beleaguered Gordon Brown might take heart from signs of imminent economic recovery (external website). The other tells us that the HR labour market is in a depressed state in 2009 (external website), and is getting worse.
- The 2009 recession is already over, with the UK economy set to return to growth later this year, according to latest research from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (external website) (NIESR).
- However, the UK labour market for the HR profession is one of those hardest hit by the 2009 recession (subscription required) with the number of HR vacancies in a state of ongoing decline, according to the May 2009 Monster Employment Index.
There is also anecdotal evidence that the depressed state of the HR profession is a transatlantic phenomenon: US HR blogger HR Wench (external website) yesterday (10 June 2009) announced the closure of said blog, as she is turning her back on HR to return to college. But her ever-entertaining Twitter presence remains (external website).
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