Retrain in science, IT and sales, say experts

SCIENCE, accountancy, sales, information technology, biotechnology and pharmaceutical services are the areas the long-term unemployed should be considering if they are serious about retraining, according to a panel of recruitment and academic experts.

The latest set of Central Statistics Office figures this week made for more depressing reading with the number of people on the live register climbing by 8,500 to 452,500 last July.

The seasonally unadjusted figure showed there were 466,800 people signing on, an increase of almost 14,000 from June.