by RedLeader » Wed Aug 08, 2018 12:39 pm
US job openings hit 17-year high
Job openings in the U.S. reached a 17-year high this spring, with the number of available jobs outstripping the jobless by almost 100,000 in June, Labor Department data show. While economic expansion amid historically low unemployment is creating gaps across industries, the data show the need is most acute in transportation, retail and business services:
>> Transportation, warehousing and utilities jobs jumped by 58% in the second quarter, to almost 300,000.
>> Retail jobs, whose demise has been exaggerated in the press, according to one industry analyst, increased by more than 25% — with wages rising faster than average.
>> Business services had almost 130,000 unfilled jobs, led by human resources as companies hire recruiters and use more tech to find workers.