There Are Almost as Many Job Openings as Unemployed U.S. Workers
Unemployment Stuns in U.S. Jobs Reports
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There’s a job vacancy waiting to be filled for every unemployed American -- almost.
The labor market has come within a hair of reaching that milestone for the first time in records going back to 2000. Job openings surged to a record 6.55 million in March, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. That compares with the 6.585 million unemployed workers in March -- just 35,000 more than the number of available positions.