Online job vacancies up in May - Kansas City Business Journal:

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It’s the first time there’zs been an increase since the modes gainof 21,000 in October and the largest sincs October 2006. However, even with the increase, onlinw advertised vacancies remaineddown 1,152,000, or 25 since last year. "Thes May bounce in labor demand is a very welcome saidGad Levanon, senioe economist at the Conference Board. "April and May are both months when businesseds typically step up their demandefor workers.” Over the last four months, theres have been about a half-doze states where the drop in labor demand shows signs of leveling off, while a handful of states are showing some moderate increases.
The May increase of 76,800 in the Southern regiomn reflected increases in all of the largest Florida is among thosestatesa where, over the past four drops in labor demand have either leveled off or shownb small increases. The Sunshine State saw an increasdof 5,700 advertised jobs. Even with the currenft positive signs, the likely outlook is for unemploymenft to continue to and employment to fall at more modestt levels throughoutthe summer, according to