A call for more focus on job retention has been made by TAEN – The Age and Employment Network.
The call was made in response to official figures that show a rise of 131,000 people out of work between September and November 2008, the rise in redundancies and the fall in the number of vacancies.
A job preserving agenda is called for, said TAEN because saving jobs is easier than curing unemployment, and will help Britain recover from the recession much better
Chris Ball, Chief Executive of TAEN said: “Even though these figures could have been even worse, job prospects are truly grim at the moment for anyone who has been made unemployed, or who is already out of work. Those, like older workers, who find it harder to get jobs even in good times, are likely to find it the most tough to get back into work. If they are among the first to go too, it will be especially harsh for them.
“In the short-term, the Government must step up its focus on helping people to remain in work. Once they are out of a job, people in their fifties and sixties are likely to be out of work for a considerable while.
“When vacancies have fallen so dramatically and recruitment freezes have been imposed or are being kept in place to see whether economic conditions worsen or pick-up, everything possible must be done to keep people in work – and help must be given to those who have fallen out of it.”
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