2008 OCT 13 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Online advertised vacancies fell by a seasonally adjusted 216,000 in September to 4,418,000, with widespread losses across the regions and the States, according to The Conference Board's Help-Wanted Online Data Series (HWOL)(TM) released. The September losses continued a downward trend which started in May 2007.

  "All in all, indications are that employment will deteriorate even more rapidly in the near term," noted Gad Levanon, Senior Economist at The Conference Board. "The current HWOL data indicates that labor demand was down in September even before the tumultuous events in the financial sector during the end of the month. ...read more

  2008 JUL 14 - (VerticalNews.com) -- In June 2008, there were 3,800,600 online advertised job vacancies, virtually unchanged from May, and 480,000 or 11.2 percent below the June 2007 level, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series(TM) (HWOL) released. This is the fourth consecutive month of year-over-year declines for the nation as a whole. In June, there were 2.5 advertised vacancies posted online for every 100 persons in the labor force, down from a high of 2.9 in May 2007 ...read more

  2008 JUL 7 - (VerticalNews.com) -- The Conference Board Help-Wanted Advertising Index dipped one point in May. The Index is now at 17, down 10 points from one year ago.

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  In the last three months, help-wanted advertising declined in all nine U.S. regions, with steepest declines in the West North Central (-25.9%), Pacific (-24.7%) and East North Central (-19.0%) regions ...read more