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Online Job Recruitment On the Rise

Total online job ads were 4,365,000 in April, an increase of 610,600 or 16 percent from March, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series™ released recently. Part of the rise reflects seasonal factors including the longer reference period of mid-March to mid-April, when there were three more days than in the previous month. There were 2.9 advertised vacancies online for every 100 persons in the labor force in April. Over the year April ’06 – April ‘07, online advertised vacancies increased 24 percent for the nation as a whole.

“Employers are actively looking for the right workers and a relatively tight labor market is forcing them to maintain aggressive advertising plans,” said Gad Levanon, Economist at The Conference Board. “Business sentiment edged up in the first quarter and these indications about hiring plans early in the second quarter suggest business sentiment is continuing to pick up. The April rise in advertised vacancies reflects some momentum in the labor market, which in turn reflects an economy that is slow but not slowing.”

The Show-Me State showed 47,400 new online help wanted ads in April, up 41,600 in March. Missouri boasted a 50.9% change between April ‘06 and April ‘07. New and existing online help wanted ads totaled 76,500 in April, up from 66,700 in March and the April ‘06 to April ‘07 change was 39.2%.

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