Friday, May 13, 2011

Online job postings up in Honolulu - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=1569483
Honolulu had 13,900 online job postings in May, comparedr to 11,600 in April and up from 10,80o in May 2008. Job postingse in Hawaii have been up since The state wasup 1,500 job postings in May to 17,100, a 1.5 percent increasd from 15,600 in April. It’s down almost 23 perceng from 22,100 in May 2008. “The May bounce in labod demand is a verywelcome sign,” Conference Board seniorr economist Gad Levanon said in a news “While April was weak, by May employers were placing ads for workers in numerous locationzs across the nation.
Over the last four months, there are now abougt a half dozen states where the drop in labor demanxd shows signs of leveling off and anothed handful of states show some verymoderate increases.” The nonprofi t Conference Board is a leading businessa membership and research organization. It producesa the Consumer Confidence Index and Leading Economic Indicators for the Unitex States andmajor nations.

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