Online Job Ads Decreased 360,200 in February
Thursday, March 9th, 2017
Online advertised vacancies decreased 360,200 to 4,537,600 in February, according to The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine Data Series. The January Supply/Demand rate stands at 1.56 unemployed for each advertised vacancy, with a total of 2.7 million more unemployed workers than the number of advertised vacancies. The number of unemployed was approximately 7.6 million in January.
The Professional occupational category saw losses in Healthcare Practitioners (-48.6), Computer/Math (-28.3) and Management (-24.7). The Services/Production occupational category saw losses in Office/Admin (-43.8), Transportation (-41.7), and Sales (-22.5).
