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From the BBC

The number of people out of work in the UK soared in the three months to August by 164,000 compared to the previous quarter, the biggest rise for 17 years.

The rise took the jobless total to 1.79 million and the rate to 5.7%, up from 5.2% in the previous quarter.

The Office for National Statistics figures also showed the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance rose by 31,800 to 939,900 in September.

Pointing to a slowdown, both the number of people in work and vacancies fell.

Average annual earnings growth slowed to 3.4% in the three months to August - the weakest rate in five years and an indication that rising consumer inflation is not feeding through to wage settlements.

The 5.7% unemployment rate was the highest since the three months to March 2000.

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We are pleased to announce the signup of our 400th jobseeker to the Jobsinswindon.com site.  This is helping us to establish ourselves as a real asset to the jobseekers and employers of Swindon.

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Every year thousands of youngsters ask themselves the same question (except not applying to their children!) and it is a question we wrongly believe is black and white; either you go or you don’t. In reality there are so many options open to young people when they hit the tender age of 18, and it is about choosing the right route to go down. 

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We were recently very entertained by a link we were sent of a blog which lists some of the most stupid and funniest mistakes people have made when applying for a job.

Some of our favourites are as follows:

“2001 summer Voluntary work for taking care of the elderly and vegetable people”

“I am about to enrol on a Business and Finance Degree with the Open University. I feel that this qualification will prove detrimental to me for future success.”

“Skills: Strong Work Ethic, Attention to Detail, Team Player, Self Motivated, Attention to Detail”

“Seeking a party-time position with potential for advancement.”

Seeing what others do so badly is actually quite a fun and effective way of learning what you should do and avoiding the same errors. Always worth doing that extra spell check!

If you want to check out more click this link to go to the blog

Enjoy!