There was not much movement in the US online job market in August. Employers remained undecided about the direction they want to go. The monthly average of job openings increased slightly (up 0.5%) in August as compared to July. The online labor demand was 13.2% higher than in August of last year.

United States Job Openings (Online Postings)

January 2007 - August 2011…

Chris Russell is a veteran of the job board industry. He owns a number of job boards under the umbrella of AllCountyJobs.com. Chris has a following on the Internet and people trust his advice, in short he is an industry expert.

In his recent blog post How to spot a good job board Chris describes 7 criteria of job boards worth using. His #1 criteria is: It looks…

Employers were sitting on the sidelines in July, at a time when emotions about the federal debt ceiling are running high in the country. The level of job openings posted online remained virtually unchanged (down 0.1%) in July compared to June.

United States Job Openings (Online Postings)

January 2007 - July 2011…