press release
Labor Department reports 3 million job openings, EmploymentCrossing finds 327,000 job openings.
April 14, 2011 | 
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The number of job openings is now at the highest level since September 2008. But the ratio of job seekers to available jobs is still 1:4.4, which is still an improvement of the rate of 1:5.1 in January. There are still 13.5 million Americans who are unemployed. And those are just the official numbers. The report also says that there were 3.9 million new hires in February, an increase of over 138,000 in January.
1.6 million workers were laid off or fired in February and 1.9 million workers quit their jobs. The fact that such a high number of people are quitting is also seen as a good sign of the economy and the labor market. This is because people are usually more willing to quit their jobs when they have found better positions or are confident in getting a better job.
EmploymentCrossing CEO A. Harrison Barnes says that even though most of the data says that the jobs being created are paying fewer benefits, there are plenty of jobs being created. Barnes's firm has been able to find over 327,000 jobs in the last seven days. The main sectors are information technology (40,000+), managerial (45,000+), healthcare (71,000+), and retail (33,000+).
Contact:
Roger Croft
Editorial Coordinator
Employment Research Institute
626-243-1814
rogerc@employmentresearchinstitute.com
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EmploymentCrossing is part of the Employment Research Institute, which is one of the most powerful and comprehensive organizations dedicated to helping professionals find jobs that will enhance their careers. Employment Research Institute consists of hundreds of industry-specific and location-specific job boards which consolidates every job opening it can find in one convenient location. The website also offers a seventy two'hour free trial to new members.
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