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China - Global employment survey finds Chinese job market showing signs of recovery.

A quarterly survey of hiring and firing trends in over 30 key countries has found job prospects for professionals and managers in China better than the global average. The percentage of organisations here expecting to shed staff in the next three months is also substantially below the worldwide average.

In China 46% of businesses were currently recruiting but 50% expected to recruit in the coming quarter. 30% were in the process of reducing headcount but only 19% expected to do so over the next three months.

Elsewhere in Asia the employment situation was a variable one. In India 47% of businesses were currently recruiting, in the Philippines 49% and in Singapore 52%.

After a substantial dip in hiring levels at the start of 2009, confidence seems to be returning, at least in part, to the Chinese jobs market with hiring levels up from 43% to 46% and organisations expecting to recruit at an even faster rate over the next few months. The percentage of organisations shedding staff at professional level has also dropped, from 32% in the last similar survey to 30% now.