Online job demand up in Florida - South Florida Business Journal:
Florida had six unemployed people for every online job advertised, according to The
Conference Board.
In the South, November online advertised vacancies were up 6,100, reflecting increases in all of the most populous Southern states, except Virginia and Maryland.
Florida gained 10,300 and Texas was up 10,00, offsetting October declines. Online vacancies in Florida dropped in October by 8,300.
Nationwide, the report said online openings rose by 106,500 to 3.38 million in November.
“Since April, when labor demand bottomed, monthly gains can only be described as sluggish,” said Gad Levanon, senior economist at The Conference Board, in a news release. “We have yet to see a significant increase in employers’ demand for labor, and, until we see job openings pick up, it will be hard to bring down the unemployment rate."