People looking for work speak out as the latest unemployment rate in Wales is the highest for five years.
Image caption,"We are finding that we are getting a different calibre of candidate coming through in this recruitment process," Danielle Allen said.The company needs drivers, engineering staff and cleaners, but Ms Allen said a shortage of skilled workers had made it difficult to recruit.But the Monmouthshire Building Society was getting interest from young people hoping for a long-term role in financial services, according to its recruiter Natasha Neilson.
"I am looking to see what's out there," said 52-year-old Karen Ferguson after 30 years in the mortgage trade left her seeking a new challenge."It strikes me as a really good time to look into alternatives to what I have been doing. "I get bored easily! So while the market is so buoyant and there are people clamouring for everyone and anyone, I think the bar has been dropped.Despite uncertainty about the economic outlook, some sectors are continuing to enjoy growth and expansion.
A shortage of skilled staff means employers are prepared to relax their usual criteria, opening up roles to candidates who might otherwise have struggled to make the grade.There are 464,000 people who are economically inactive, which is 12,000 fewer than three months ago but 18,000 more than a year ago.
The most recent figures we have suggest more than 83% of those economically inactive are not looking for work - that includes people on long term sick, caring for relatives or who retired early.
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