Along with a slip in the economy and an increase in the nation’s unemployment rate, the Conference Board reported a decline in the amount of jobs advertised online for the month of July.
Already a slow month for labor demand, 3.86 million jobs were posted on the Internet for the month, down from 4.2 million in June.
The 7.9% dip marked the fifth consecutive month with year-over-year decline, meaning that’s five straight months in this year where fewer jobs were posted than the same month of last year.
For every 100 people in the labor force 2.5 jobs were advertised on the web. The all-time high, according to the Conference Board, was 2.9 to every 100 in, which occurred in May of last year.
California, which has the largest workforce in the country, posted 144,000 fewer jobs between June and July, and 22% fewer than July of 2007.
Virginia, Washington, and Montana proved to be the worst states as far as online job postings. Alaska, Delaware, and Colorado were the strongest, with over four job ads for every 100 in the labor pool.
The healthcare, computer, and mathematical services fields all looked good, posting over 500,000 jobs for the month, respectively.
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