Global job prospects are improving for the first time since last autumn, according to Antal’s Global Snapshot survey.

The survey reveals that current hiring across the globe was up from 46% in the spring to 50% now.

The number of organisations intending to hire in the coming quarter was up from 44% to 48%, while those intending to shed staff had fallen from 35% in the spring to 25% now.

Highest hiring levels in Western Europe are to be found in France (54%), UK (50%) Belgium (50%) and Germany (46%), while in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, Russia (62%), the Czech Republic (60%), Poland (53%) and Bulgaria (54%) recorded highest levels.

Hiring levels were also high in Egypt and the Gulf, while India and China are mounting a recovery.