Posted on 06/04/2015 6:28:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup's U.S. Job Creation Index reached +32 for the month of May, the highest Gallup has found, by one point, since 2008. It slightly exceeds the +31 found in April, and the +30 found in September 2014.
Shortly after Gallup began tracking job creation in January 2008, the index nosedived as the Great Recession wreaked havoc on the economy. After remaining in negative territory for most of 2009, the index slowly recovered, reaching +30 in September 2014. It then dipped slightly and stayed between +27 and +29 for six months. More recently, it increased two points in April and another point in May to reach the current high.
The results are based on interviews with 17,609 U.S. full- and part-time workers conducted May 1-31 as part of Gallup Daily tracking. Gallup asks employed workers nationwide each day whether their employer is increasing, reducing or maintaining the size of its workforce. In May, 43% of workers said their employer was hiring workers and expanding the size of its workforce, the same as in April. Meanwhile, 11% said their employer was letting people go and reducing the size of its workforce, down slightly from 12% in April. The difference between these two estimates produced the U.S. Job Creation Index of +32 in May.
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And 72% of the jobs entail “Do you want fries with that?” < /sarc >
How much of this is employers turning 1 full time job into 2 or more part time jobs? I know for April ALL of the net jobs gained were part time jobs.
Obviously “snow jobs” are being counted into the figures...
Either made-up numbers, or government employees.
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