| ”Online advertised vacancies rose to 5,186,200 in February, according to The
Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) Data Series released today. The February Supply/Demand rate
stands at 2.1 unemployed for each vacancy with a total of 5.3 million more unemployed workers than the number of
advertised vacancies.
"’After a very lackluster 2013, the large February increase is the first signal in many months of possible renewed strength in demand for labor,’ said June Shelp, Vice President of The Conference Board. ‘The large increase may partially be a result of pent-up demand following the bad winter weather across the U.S.’ “The February data brightens (sic) the demand for service occupations like transportation, healthcare support and office work; however, for these occupations there are still two to three unemployed competing for each advertised vacancy. By contrast, for the high-demand computer and healthcare professional jobs there is notable evidence of worker shortages, with three or more advertised vacancies for each unemployed worker….” See the complete report at this link: The Conference Board |
07 March 2014
• U.S. Help-Wanted Advertising – February 2014
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