Job postings flattened in Aug after 3 months of gradual gains. Now back up halfway from low point.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Aaron Rupar Retweeted

Job postings on
@indeed
20% below last year's trend, as of August 28.

Teensy uptick vs. last week, after two weeks of backsliding.

Bigger picture: job postings flattened in Aug after 3 months of gradual gains. Now back up halfway from low point.

https://hiringlab.org/2020/08/31/job-postings-through-august-28/

Link to tweet

Coronavirus, State of the Labor Market
Coronavirus and US Job Postings Through August 28: Data from Indeed.com
August 31, 2020 by Jed Kolko https://twitter.com/JedKolko

The trend in job postings was 20.2% lower than in 2019 as of August 28 — a slight increase after two weeks of backsliding.

We will be regularly updating this data as we track how coronavirus impacts the global labor market.

The trend in job postings — a real-time measure of labor market activity — is 20.2% lower than in 2019, as of August 28. This is a slight improvement after two consecutive weeks of decline in the postings index, which followed three months of gradual improvement. Three weeks ago, the trend was 18.1% below last year.



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[Vogon_Glory]

1. I don't think that means that Donnie can start playing "Happy Days Are Here Again"

as background music for his campaign.