April saw the sharpest fall for the month on record in Spain’s crippling unemployment, by 2.7% , with nearly 119,000 people finding jobs.<br /><br /> Services took nearly two thirds of the growth, while the construction and industry sectors were also hiring.<br /><br /> However the unemployment rate still stood at 23.8% for the first quarter.<br /><br /> The number of people paying into the social security system also rose by its highest monthly figure, to a shade under 17 million.<br /><br /> The figures appear to confirm Spain’s strengthening growth, the fastest in the EU, which the government claims will create two million jobs by 2018.
