Economic Indicators
Job Seekers Ratio
Updated: February 7, 2012
Monthly analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report on job openings and labor turnover.
Job-seekers ratio improves but has been above the highest rate of early 2000s downturn for more than three years
| 1:34 pm, February 7, 2012
Today’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the number of job openings increased by 258,000 in December, to 3.4 million. The total number of unemployed workers in December was 13.1 million.
Posted February 7, 2012 |
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Previous reports
Nearly three years of a job-seekers ratio above 4-to-1
Posted on January 10, 2012 | 12:19 pm
Job-seekers ratio remains above 4-to-1 for 34th straight month
Posted on December 13, 2011 | 11:49 am
Minimal improvement in job-finding prospects
Posted on November 8, 2011 | 11:44 am




