US National Job Trends - January 2012
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Change in Job Openings
- +60,400 Job Openings
- +1.5% month-over-month
- +9.2% year-over-year
Nationwide Job Competition
- 3:1 Unemployed People to Job Openings
most competitive metros
least competitive metros
top hiring companies
- U.S. Air Force(142,996 jobs)
- Pizza Hut(39,812 jobs)
- Air Force(33,025 jobs)
- Taco Bell(22,853 jobs)
- Best Buy(20,793 jobs)
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Job Openings
- February 2011: 3,800,138
- March 2011: 3,948,981
- April 2011: 4,129,658
- May 2011: 3,907,956
- June 2011: 3,738,096
- July 2011: 3,914,882
- August 2011: 4,030,881
- September 2011: 3,988,086
- October 2011: 4,115,315
- November 2011: 4,139,432
- December 2011: 3,971,658
- January 2012: 4,032,086
Third-party reports - BLS: Data not yet available ADP:+170,000 Job Openings -
Change in Job Openings Month-over-Month
- February 2011: +3.8%
- March 2011: +4.1%
- April 2011: +6.7%
- May 2011: -2.6%
- June 2011: -3.8%
- July 2011: +7%
- August 2011: +4.5%
- September 2011: -1.1%
- October 2011: +5.9%
- November 2011: +2.7%
- December 2011: -1.9%
- January 2012: +1.5%
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Change in Job Openings by Metro
*Trends subject to refinement as further data becomes available
