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Are we seeing some early signs of confidence returning to the job market? For the past two months or so, the JobStreet.com Employee Confidence Index (ECI) has given rise to the hope that the worst may be over in this region with continuing encouraging news that the global recession could be slowing down and life has returned to the stock market.

• In Malaysia, the JobStreet ECI climbed higher for the second consecutive month by improving 0.9 point to end April at 47.8 points.
• In Singapore, it was a four-point jump to 42.8 points, the JobStreet ECI's highest level since December last year.
• In the Philippines and India, their JobStreet ECI levels were relatively unchanged at 57.2 points and 56.6 points respectively.
• Meanwhile in Indonesia, there was a slight drop in their JobStreet ECI to 50.8 points.

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The JobStreet.com Employment Confidence Index is a measure of job seeker confidence in finding a job in the countries where we hold our monthly polls.