Job openings little changed at 4.6 million in May; hires and
separations hold steady.
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.
See the entire JOLT’s Report for May, 2014 including
explanations and data tables by going here….
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