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Britain’s employers are (36) filling job vacancies from the ranks of the long-term sick, people beyond normal (37) age and migrant workers. Official figures show that the numbers claiming in capacity benefit for long-term sickness dropped by 55,000 in tile latest three months and by 104,000 over the past year. There has also been a rib of 95,000 in the past year in the number of men aged over 65 and women over 60 in jobs. In (38) , there has been a small fall in the number of 25 to 34 year olds in work. Research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) shows that organizations have stepped up their (39) of older workers and immigrants to fill vacancies. The CIPD’s (40) recruitment and retention survey (41) that 70% of employers am looking to recruit over-55s, while 31% are actively hiring people who am already of pensionable age. Nearly a third, 27%, am seeking out migrant workers. Its research also shows that 84% of employers who have recruited from among the long-term sick report that their experience has been at least as good as for other workers. A (42) of organizations, 18%, said they were (43) to take on workers who had mental-health problems. (44) the long-term sick and immigrants helps explain the puzzle of Britain’s jobless figures. Official statistics last week showed that the wider measure of unemployment rose by 77,000 to 1.6m in the latest three months, while the narrower claimant count continued its long rise, climbing by 5,800 to 950,900, on course for 1m. (45) . Analysts say simultaneously rising unemployment and employment makes it harder for the Bank of England to judge the slack in the job market. The government has set a target of reducing numbers on in capacity benefit by 1m. (46) .