The Recruitment & Employment Confederation's (REC) chief executive Kevin Green has highlighted some of the key trends that employers will see over the next 12 months.
He is expecting the economy as a whole to see growth of around one per cent. However, he believes that the labour market will continue to outperform this and expand at a faster rate - although at this early point, he expects it to be slightly less than 2012's growth of 4.3 per cent.
In the jobs market, Mr Green said that flexibility will continue to be an important trait.
He explained that 46 per cent of those in work are either in a part-time or flexible role and this is set to continue growing over the next few years, as 80 per cent of those working part-time and 60 per cent of all temps now choose to work this capacity.
The expert also expects that social media will have a profound impact on job searching.