Unemployment is rising, vacancies are dropping & many UK firms are seeking to reduce the numbers they employ...
Does this look like an economy triumphantly exiting a recession?
Of course not; the UK has has stagnant economic activity (at best) for some time, and employers seem to have given up on any prospect that things will get much better at all soon.
Whether this is linked to their expectations of a Labour Govt. is an interesting, if different Q.