U.S. Private-Sector Job Openings Rise as Government Hiring Slows

Breitbart ^ | 04/29/2025 | John Carney

[ChicagoConservative27]

U.S. private-sector employers ramped up their demand for workers in late March, while layoffs fell broadly and worker confidence strengthened, underscoring the labor market’s resilience heading into the second quarter, according to Labor Department data released Tuesday.

The number of private-sector job openings increased in March, helping to more than offset a broader decline in total openings driven by reductions in government hiring. Employers posted 7.19 million vacancies on the last business day of the month, down slightly from a revised 7.48 million in February. Openings remain above pre-pandemic levels, highlighting sustained employer demand for workers even amid broader economic policy shifts.

[ChicagoConservative27]

This is what I voted for!

[DIRTYSECRET]

We need a new job title: Old man’s job. Gotta be easy money for the tired and lazy. The jobs that just require a body. Eyes and ears perhaps.

[jerod]

Lots and lots of private sector jobs out there...

[asinclair]

I challenge the accuracy of the numbers presented in this story. I have been submitting applications for job positions over the last 15 months. The ONLY responses to my applications (numbering more than 1,000) have been identity theft schemes, one successful and one stop-punched.

Now, I'm an old white guy. Age discrimination is still a thing, and also working against me is the aversion of hiring white people, male people, and USA citizen people. "We only hire women/India/Chinese/newly-graduated."

[griswold3]

But can you get them to show up to work? Everyone wants a job but few want to work.
Nearby Farmer brought in workers from south Africa. I’d like to poach two of them.

[flamberge]

I do not believe a word of this report from the Labor Department.

That is because I am still seeing customers delaying their projects and associated hiring.

To be sure, my sample size is too small for a valid statistical conclusion.

[Uncle Miltie]

Fewer bureaucrats shoveling dollars onto the pyre of waste.

More productive citizens working to improve each others’ lives.

I’m liking where this is going.

[Bobbyvotes]

Fantastic news!

[Salman]

How it was always supposed to work, is it not?

[Aut Pax Aut Bellum]

I’ve been watching listings as my company is not doing well (handwriting is on the wall).
There may be a few more jobs out there, but wages are not good, very low. We need huge demand and way less illegals for that to change.