<H3>• U.S. Online Help-Wanted Advertising – August 2014</H3>

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"Online advertised vacancies gained 164,600 to 5,209,200 in August, according to The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) Data Series." Click on table/chart to enlarge ”The July Supply/Demand rate stands at 1.9 unemployed for each advertised vacancy with a total of 4.6 million more unemployed workers than the number of advertised vacancies. “’Labor demand has shown some renewed strength over the past three months with an average increase of 102,000 per month,’ said Gad Levanon, Director of Macroeconomics and Labor Markets at The Conference Board. ‘The 2014 gains through August are an improvement over the slower-paced gains of 2013 for the same time period.’ ”In August the professional occupations continued to show improvements after earlier 2014 losses. Gains included Business and Finance (10,700), Computer and Math (19,300), and Healthcare (24,200). The Services/Production occupations also showed gains in Office and Administration (20,100), Sales (13,900), and Food Preparation (12,300).” See the complete report at this link: The Conference Board NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions.

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