Sign of revival: Demand grows for white-collar workers - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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Official government statistics, which can lag a mont h or two, have shown a leveling off of majot layoffs and an incremental decrease in regionalunemploymengt rates, but some recruitere and employment agents say there appears to be more activityu happening in real time that may be reflected in the data “We had the best month we’ve had all in May, in terms of direct placementsz in permanent, full-time jobs, said Gary Graham Jr., presidentt of in Greensboro. He declined to share exact numberdsof full-time workers placed recently, but he said temporary assignments have also increased, from arouned 140 or 150 per week early this year to an averagw of about 250 per week now.
Piers Clarkson, director of executive recruiting at in said he’s seeing strong signalw of increased confidence, particularly in financial industries such as bankinf and mortgage financing that have sufferes some of the biggest scaresw during the recession.