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Online Job Openings See Modest Gain

Online job openings increased by 700 to 3,295,500 in July, according to data released today by the Conference Board. Nationally, online job demand has been relatively flat over the last several months after sharp declines in December 2008 and January 2009.Nationally, there were over four unemployed looking for work for every advertised online opening, as the number of unemployed increased even as the number of advertised openings remained steady.

Online Job Openings Down In March

The number of advertised online job openings dropped 100,000 to 3.2 million in March, according to the Conference Board Help-Wanted Online Data Series out today. The March decrease comes after declines of 507,000 in December and 506,000 In January and a small decrease of 6,600 in February. Overall it's a decline of more than 1.2 million job openings, or over 25 percent, in the last four months.