The online job posting statistics provide a look at general hiring trends…I think. My question is always in regards to which online boards are being tracked. We are seeing a marked migration away from the big boards to the still-developing niche boards.
That migration may be skewing the data from this Inc.com article – I’m not certain. Nonetheless, the year-over-year tracking of the big boards is still noteworthy (emphasis mine):
The number of online job postings last month declined 16.4 percent from a year ago, the Conference Board reported Friday.
In total, there were 2,591,500 new jobs posted online in April, with healthcare and management accounting for more than 450,000.
Alaska continued to lead the online job market last month, followed by Nevada and Massachusetts, while the sharpest declines were reported in Maryland, Vermont, and Connecticut.