Jobless total forecast is set to rise

THE jobs market remains “fragile”, with unemployment expected to increase in the coming months, according to research among recruitment firms. Information from 400 employment consultancies showed that permanent staff placements increased in April, but the rate of growth was the slowest since January. Temporary jobs were becoming rarer, with fewer positions filled last month compared to March, said the report by KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). Bernard Brown of KPMG said: “The job market mirrors the frustration of April showers spilling into May. At first glance it is encouraging to see permanent job opportunities continue to improve, but there has been a sharper decline in temporary placements. “It is unnatural, uncomfortable and embarrassing being in a room simulating love-making with all these people around. I mean, honestly, I don’t want to be aware of what I look like when I am doing it in my bedroom” - Actress Demi Moore on filming sex scenes. “I love life too much to be bitter” - Nicolas Sarkozy, after his de-