Online Job Ads Up in September

New York, NY, October 2, 2007--In September there were 4,270,000 online advertised vacancies, an increase of 165,200 or 4% from the August level, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series.

Online advertised vacancies were up (17.5%) over the year (September'06 — September'07). There were 2.78 advertised vacancies online for every 100 persons in the labor force in September.

"The growth rate in the number of online ads has moderated in recent months from what we were seeing in early 2007 and some of the growth is reflective of the continued shift to online job advertising," said Gad Levanon, economist at The Conference Board.

 "Looking regionally, the more mature areas in terms of internet usage, like the West and East coasts, where online job advertising has been popular for some time, the rate of growth has slowed. In many of the smaller metro areas, and where online job advertising has lagged behind the largest metro areas, the growth rates continue to be very strong."