Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
There were 4.6 million job openings on the last business day of May, little changed from 4.5 million in
April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.4 percent) and separations
rate (3.2 percent) were essentially unchanged in May. Within separations, the quits rate (1.8 percent)
was unchanged and the layoffs and discharges rate (1.1 percent) was little changed. This release includes
estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm sector by
industry and by four geographic regions.
Job Openings
There were 4.6 million job openings in May, little changed from 4.5 million in April. The number of job
openings was also little changed for total private and government. The job openings level increased for
nondurable manufacturing and for health care and social assistance in May, while it decreased for retail
trade and for arts, entertainment, and recreation. The number of job openings was little changed in all
four regions in May. (See table 1.)
Over the 12 months ending in May, the number of job openings (not seasonally adjusted) rose for total
nonfarm, total private, and government. Over the year, the job openings level increased in nearly half of
the industries and in all four regions. (See table 7.)
Hires
There were 4.7 million hires in May, little changed from April. The number of hires was little changed
for total private and government, and in all industries and regions. (See table 2.)
Read more: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
4.6 million in May!!!
IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)LittleGirl
(8,261 posts)how many of these are REAL job postings and not recruiters advertizing for resume farms? I know my spouse's company kept job postings up even though they weren't hiring as there was a hiring freeze. I think it should be illegal to post a job if it's already filled by another company candidate and make sure that each posting is actually going to be filled.
And then there is the 'requires xyz degree with 10 years experience for slave wages salary and benefits'.
IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)There are also the requires 10 years experience in some technology that came out 5 years ago.
My current company's recruiters have postings up that they admit there's probably nobody anywhere who qualifies for, but they'll interview candidates who have most of it.
I've personally interviewed candidates for a position, and recommended we hire them, then be told its being eliminated because of funding issues so we'll shuffle existing employees internally.
It seems like you have to know someone to even get an interview in many places. I am really hoping things are getting better for real. I try to be optimistic.
I'm grateful to have a job and income while looking for a new job, even though its commuting 4 hours a day in the wrong specialty.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Post a job that can't be filled, interview a number of candidates that make it appear one wants to hire someone, fail to find a qualified candidate ... bingo, bango, bongo, "we need an H1-B pronto!"
rickford66
(5,498 posts)I worked at a large engineering firm. Ads for available jobs were cleverly worded, so narrowly defined, so that the only person in the whole world qualified was the particular person they intended to hire, but they had to go through the motions.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)to their home country on a whim, and pay them half the wages they have to pay an American - whose family may have fought with their lives defending it.
rickford66
(5,498 posts)They hired Canadians, British and Indians and got them Green Cards and eventually citizenship. They were well paid engineers here on temporary visas and the company wanted them permanently. The thing is, no one had a chance at these jobs except them. The catch is they had to be here "consulting", not doing "work". We were sent to the UK under the same provisions for short periods, but I would never want to stay there. Other corporations probably hire slave labor and get away with it. With good lawyers and higher ups in on the deal, what can be done?
fasttense
(17,301 posts)In mid 2009 and Never Ever came back again. And these are the gubermint's own rigged figures.
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cps_charts.pdf
This low of a labor force participation rate has NOT been seen since 1978 and unemployment rate was about the same then too. So, we have now fallen back 36 years.
IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)Does anyone have any figures on how many Americans retire or leave the workforce because of retirement?