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• Job openings and hires fell in March, and there are still 3.1 job seekers for every job opening

  May 7, 2013 | By Elise Gould | Economic Indicators

• Job openings and hiring increased in February, but there are still 3.1 job seekers for every job opening

  April 9, 2013 | By Elise Gould | Economic Indicators

• Job openings and hiring increased slightly in January, but there are still 3.3 job-seekers for every job opening

  March 12, 2013 | By Elise Gould | Economic Indicators

• Job openings and hiring dropped in December, and have not increased since early 2012

  February 12, 2013 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Job openings and hiring have not improved since early 2012

  January 10, 2013 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Job-seekers ratio continues slow improvement

  December 11, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Job-seekers ratio held steady in September

  November 6, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Job-seekers ratio down slightly in August, and likely dropped further in September

  October 10, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Job openings data underscore weak opportunities in the labor market, though layoffs were the lowest on record

  September 11, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Job seekers’ odds improve but remain slim

  August 7, 2012 | By Elise Gould | Economic Indicators

• Job seekers still face long odds

  July 10, 2012 | By Elise Gould | Economic Indicators

• Still an uphill battle for job seekers

  June 19, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• The odds of finding a job are improving, but are still stacked against job seekers

  May 8, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Low number of voluntary quits underscores that young workers lack opportunities for advancement

  April 10, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Job openings survey shows openings and hires both dropped in January

  March 13, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Job-seekers ratio improves but has been above the highest rate of early 2000s downturn for more than three years

  February 7, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Nearly three years of a job-seekers ratio above 4-to-1

  January 10, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Job-seekers ratio remains above 4-to-1 for 34th straight month

  December 13, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Minimal improvement in job-finding prospects

  November 8, 2011 | By Elise Gould | Economic Indicators

• No improvement in job-finding prospects since the spring

  October 12, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Ongoing lack of job openings means no jobs for more than three out of four unemployed workers

  September 7, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Two-and-a-half years of a job-seeker’s ratio above 4-to-1

  August 10, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Job seekers ratio continues 29-month rut

  July 12, 2011 | By Lawrence Mishel | Economic Indicators

• Continuing dearth of job opportunities leaves many workers still sidelined

  May 11, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• No jobs for more than three out of four unemployed workers

  April 13, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Fewer job openings following this recession than following 2001 recession

  March 11, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• Three years after start of the Great Recession, no jobs for three out of four unemployed workers

  February 8, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• No jobs for more than three out of four unemployed workers

  January 11, 2011 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators

• No jobs for more than three out of four unemployed workers

  December 7, 2010 | By Elise Gould | Economic Indicators

• For four out of five unemployed workers: no jobs

  November 9, 2010 | By Heidi Shierholz | Economic Indicators