US Online Job Market grows 0.8% in March 2012

Online labor demand in March increased just 0.8% compared to February. Nevertheless, there was much movement in the market (see weekly chart below). Year-over-year online labor demand dropped 4.4%.

United States Job Openings (Online Postings)
January 2007 – March 2012

The weekly chart shows that employers dropped many of their job openings in late February and early March but then recovered quickly. The weekly increases during most of the month suggest a robust expansion of online labor demand ahead.

United States Job Openings (Online Postings)
Weekly, 2011-2012

Note: A weekly update on the United States Job Openings (Online Postings) is available on this blog every Tuesday.

Legend for week-over-week change of labor demand:

flat	0%
slow	0.1% – 0.5%
moderate	0.6% – 1.5%
fast	> 1.5%

Methodology: SkillPROOF surveys the inventories of job openings at direct employers. Job openings are counted and verified every 24 hours. All data sources have been verified for timely removal of filled or closed positions. No data from job boards or search firms is included.

For this report SkillPROOF estimates the counts of job openings. Estimates are calculated directly from SkillPROOF’s actual daily counts of job openings. As part of its calculations, SkillPROOF uses data and findings from reports of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) (http://www.bls.gov).

Comment by Henning Seip on April 4, 2012 at 8:50am: ADP: Employment in the U.S. nonfarm private business sector increased by 209,000 from February to March.

http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/

Comment by Henning Seip on April 6, 2012 at 8:25am: Monster Employment Index U.S. shows annual growth of 5 percent in March, an eased pace from the 11 percent annual growth recorded in February.

Monster Employment Index

Comment by Henning Seip on April 6, 2012 at 8:47am: Payroll employment rises 120,000 in March; unemployment rate changes little (8.2%) . www.bls.gov

Comment by Henning Seip on April 10, 2012 at 8:56am: Update: US Online Job Market, April 2012, Week 1: Up 1.6%. More: http://www.skillproof.com/?p=2219

Comment by Henning Seip on April 17, 2012 at 8:59am: Update: US Online Job Market, April 2012, Week 2: Up 1.9%.

More: http://www.skillproof.com/?p=2229

Comment by Henning Seip on April 24, 2012 at 10:53am: Update: US Online Job Market, April 2012, Week 3: Up 1.0%.

http://www.skillproof.com/?p=2240

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