<H3>• U.S. Help-Wanted Advertising — April 2015</H3>

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"Online advertised vacancies decreased 104,500 to 5,361,900 in April, according to The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) Data Series, released today. The March Supply/Demand rate stands at 1.57 unemployed for each advertised vacancy, with a total of 3.1 million more unemployed workers than the number of advertised vacancies. The number of unemployed was 8.6 million in March. “’After 8 years, the US Supply/Demand (S/D) rate is now back to its pre-recession best in March 2007,’ said Gad Levanon, Managing Director, Macroeconomic and Labor Market Research. ‘The Great Recession had taken the US S/D rate to a high of about 5.0 in April 2009 (nearly 5 unemployed competing for each ad). This month’s S/D rate shows a little over 1.5 unemployed competing for each ad.’ ”The significant drop in the US S/D rate has been helped by very strong employer demand, ranging from 4 to 5 million ads each month over the past 4 years, making it easier for the recession’s 15 million unemployed to find employment opportunities. With the recession’s unemployment numbers finally down significantly, the continued high employer demand at 5 million ads per month will make the job search for new entrants into the labor market much easier.” Please visit this link to read the full report: 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. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/

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