American Job Openings Now Outnumber the Jobless

Wall Street Journal ^ | 6/5/18 | Eric Morath

[ProtectOurFreedom]

U.S. job openings rose to 6.7 million at the end of April, compared with the 6.3 million Americans who were unemployed

The U.S. had more job openings this spring than unemployed Americans.

For the first time since such record-keeping began in 2000, the number of available positions exceeded the number of job seekers, the Labor Department said Tuesday, a shift that is rippling across the economy and affecting the behavior of employers and workers.

U.S. job openings rose to a seasonally adjusted 6.7 million at the end of April, a record high, and more than the 6.3 million Americans who were unemployed during the month. Openings had exceeded the available labor pool beginning in March, according to revised figures released Tuesday.

The figures are the latest sign the U.S. is facing a historically tight labor market. The jobless rate ticked down further in May to a seasonally adjusted 3.8%, the lowest since April 2000, the Labor Department said last week. The last time the rate was lower was in 1969, when young men were being drafted into the Vietnam War.

[vette6387]

“You will have to drag the applicants out of the tattoo parlors and put them in drug rehab before they apply.”

And/or pull them off of their women!

[Yaelle]

I’d guess it would be in the best interest of business to change their business models in regards to part time work.

There are tens of thousands of very experienced retired/older workers who already worked 20-30-40 years, would likely be happy take on part time work, but employers don’t offer many part time positions.

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Or the opposite. Older people who would like full time work with bennies and keep getting 30 hr weeks at Home Depot etc. get some more full time grateful older people on the real payroll. They don’t go out behind the barn to get high. They don’t come in Sunday monrning hung over, and they don’t hit on all the women (well, ok, maybe 2 out of 3). Older guys are good employees.

[dragnet2]

Ah, I’d take a wild guess most retired/older folks who’ve worked 30-40 years have no desire to work full time. And most probably don’t even need full time work. It’s why business, if they really need help and can’t find people, ought to create more part time positions. I’d bet there are whole lot of retired/older people out there who’d likely fill those part time positions.

[DoughtyOne]

Impeach! Impeach!