$$ Help Wanted Demand Rises

The Conference Board reported a 47,400 rise in their Help Wanted Online Index. The chart excerpted from the report indicates as strong a need for labor as there was in 2005-2006. The pdf link is: http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/HWOLlowdn.pdf

Among the top 10 occupation groups with the largest numbers of online advertised vacancies, Healthcare Practitioners and Technical occupations posted the largest November increase, up 12,400 to 555,500 (Table B). The rise was largely due to increases in advertised vacancies for Family and General Practitioners. The number of
advertised vacancies in this broad healthcare occupational category continues to outnumber job seekers by almost three to one. Healthcare Support remained steady. There were 2.4 unemployed for every advertised vacancy in healthcare support.

Management occupations posted a November decrease of 10,900 to 586,600 following a rise of 20,200 in October and a drop of 11,500 in September. The November decline was largely due to decreases in demand for Sales Managers and Postsecondary Education Administrators. The ratio between the number of unemployed looking for work and advertised vacancies was slightly over one job-seeker for each advertised vacancy.

Demand for Sales and Related occupations declined by 32,100 to 449,600. The drop is largely due to a decline of 10,000 in the demand for First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales Workers. There were 3.3 unemployed for every advertised vacancy in Sales and Related occupations.

Demand for Transportation and Material Moving occupations grew by 9,600 to 159,000 and was led by an increased demand for Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services. There still remain over 7 unemployed (7.3) looking for work in Transportation and Material Moving for every advertised opening (Table B).