{"id":305,"date":"2006-09-15T11:20:37","date_gmt":"2006-09-15T16:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=305"},"modified":"2006-09-15T11:20:52","modified_gmt":"2006-09-15T16:20:52","slug":"us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/09\/us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-website\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well anyway, here are some interesting numbers I found that I thought I would share with you. As I posted earlier this week, the United States unemployment rate is at 4.7%<\/strong>, but if we look at the number of job openings as a percent of total employment, 2.8%<\/strong>, we can see by just shear numbers the unemployment rate would be below 2%. One cannot look at these percents this way because you have to take into consideration that those unemployed may not have the proper skills or even be in the right location to fill the open positions. But by looking at these numbers you can start to see why companies are changing their hiring processes to compensate for the tight employment market that exisits. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had some fun bouncing around the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Website yesterday. Pretty dangerous for a numbers geek like me. You can imagine that I soon found myself knee-deep into numbers. As you probably know, we are spellbound by lists here at The Hire Sense so this site was rich with stats, numbers and lists. Beautiful. Well anyway, here are some interesting numbers I found that I thought I would share with you. As I posted earlier this week, the United States unemployment rate is at 4.7%, but if we look at the number of job openings as a percent of total employment, 2.8%, we… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-4V","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1786,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/11\/the-extended-unemployment-rate\/","url_meta":{"origin":305,"position":0},"title":"The Extended Unemployment Rate","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"November 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bureau of Labor Statistics has put out their numbers for October and the unemployment rate rose to 6.5% and non-farm employment fell by 240,000.\u00a0 The job losses occurred across all industries other than healthcare, which rose by 26,000 for the month.\u00a0 Not surprising,\u00a0the Healthcare industry has grown in employment\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Economy"","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2043,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/06\/the-pain-of-a-lagging-indicator\/","url_meta":{"origin":305,"position":1},"title":"The Pain Of A Lagging Indicator","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Hiring, that is, and it appears that it is going to be an even rougher road over the back half of 2009.\u00a0 If you are in the recruiting, hiring, assessing business you are aware of this fact.\u00a0 9.4% unemployment is remarkable.\u00a0 From abcnews.com: The percentage of people without jobs in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Economy"","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1742,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/09\/return-of-middle-management\/","url_meta":{"origin":305,"position":2},"title":"Return Of Middle Management?","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a trend I have not heard of recently (emphasis mine): The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports about 45 percent of U.S. job openings through 2014 will be in the hidden middle-level job sector, most of them technical jobs that cannot be outsourced. Mid-level means middle management, right?\u00a0 Ok,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Economy"","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1272,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/11\/hiring-remains-strong\/","url_meta":{"origin":305,"position":3},"title":"Hiring Remains Strong","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"November 2, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest numbers are out and the experts are...drumroll please...\"surprised.\" From Reuters: Employers added a surprisingly strong 166,000 new non-farm jobs in October, well ahead of forecasts in an early sign that consumer incomes may be better supported than thought heading into the fourth quarter, according to a government report\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hiring"","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1360,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/the-new-years-itch\/","url_meta":{"origin":305,"position":4},"title":"The New Year’s Itch","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm willing to guess that a majority of New Year Resolutions involve weight loss and career\/job changes.\u00a0 If so, then January is the apex of retention within a company.\u00a0 In sales recruiting, we typically see January as one of the premium months for finding sales talent.\u00a0 Salespeople have completed the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hiring"","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1835,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/01\/the-72-flu\/","url_meta":{"origin":305,"position":5},"title":"The 7.2 Flu","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Today's announcement of 7.2% unemployment is remarkable in a bad context.\u00a0 Yet, I do appreciate the AP writer's opening sentence (my color): The nation's unemployment rate bolted to 7.2 percent in December, the highest level in 16 years, as nervous employers slashed 524,000 jobs. 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