Tayside and Fife have seen a fall in unemployment year on year, according to the latest figures.
In December 2015 there were 2,870 out of work benefits claimants in Dundee, compared to 3,395 in December of the previous year a decrease of 15.5%.
Angus saw a dip of 4.6%, from 1,295 claimants in 2014 to 1,235 in 2014.
The biggest fall in unemployment was observed in Fife (16%) where there were 945 fewer claimants in December 2015 compared to the same month in 2014.
In Perth and Kinross, the decrease was 15.1%, from 1,125 unemployed in 2015 to 955 in 2015.
Moira Cambridge, Angus and Perthshire operations manager at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), said: “There has been a lot of work going on to support claimants to go into work.
“Next Tuesday there will be an event called the Big Conversation, with over 100 employers pledging to create up to 300 jobs and everyone in Tayside is welcome to attend to find out more.
“We also have a lot of training going on to give people skills that are needed by the local jobs market.
“There are also many opportunities in Dundee within the coffee industry with demand for baristas at the moment and we are trying to get people into this field.”
The DWP has faced criticism by activist groups over what they see as the unfair removal of benefits from jobseekers (2,809 cases in 2014) which removes them from the statistics.
Ms Cambridge said: “When you have a look at the number of sanctions, they are unbelievably low.
“You can’t get away from the fact that there are developments within the benefits system but we work very hard to help people to find employment rather than focus on what they’re not doing.”
Data from the Office for National Statistics showed the employment rate in Scotland has reached pre-recession highs it stood at 74.9% in September to November 2015, above the level of 74.6% recorded before the economic crisis.