Whenever the unemployment rate rises, that gives scope for employers to cut on unwanted fat in their organization and also look at recruiting good talented people at lesser cost.

Also it is important for employers of various industries to keep abreast of all employment related statistics, be it unemployment rate / employee confidence index / business confidence index / industry specific developments from employment point of view. Now you can get all this from an independent reliable resource i.e, www.employmentmetrix.com.