On a global level, Estonia and Norway enjoy the strongest job prospects, followed by the US, UK, Austria, Denmark and Germany, recruitment experts Glassdoor said.

 

Sluggish² economic performance has hampered³ employment levels in Greece, Spain and Portugal, with job seekers in these countries facing the worst job prospects, the report adds.

 

In terms of the scale of the recovery since the onset⁴ of the financial crisis, Germany has impressed, with employment returning to pre-crisis levels, Glassdoor said.

 

In the UK, economic performance is 'growing strongly', meaning employment is expanding 'quite fast', the research suggests.

 

In Greece and Spain, at least 25 percent of the population is unemployed⁵. In France, Portugal, Ireland and Italy the rate of unemployment is at least 10 percent.

 

At 5 percent or less, Germany, Switzerland and Norway have the lowest percentage of people out of work, followed by around 6 percent in the UK and Austria.

 

Youth unemployment is more than 50 percent in Greece and Spain, almost 43 percent in Italy and nearly 25 percent in France, Ireland and Belgium - significantly above the UK figure of 17 percent.

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