BOSSES are offering more temporary office staff permanent jobs.
Secretarial recruitment specialist Office Angels said that despite recent news of UK companies shedding staff the last 18 months had seen a steadily improving market for permanent jobs across the industriesspectrum. It said there had been a 22 per cent increase in permanent placements compared with this time last year. Paul Jacobs, Office Angels corporate communications director, said: "In the early Nineties companies were wary of taking on permanent staff. "But employers have undergonea fundamental change in attitude towards recruitment over the past five years. "Most employers today understand the true value of their people and how important it is to attract and retain good staff." He added that his organisation had seen definite signs that companies were recruiting more permanent staff to build a really high calibre core team.
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