{"id":32118,"date":"2022-06-01T14:39:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/job-openings-in-april-remained-near-record-highs-us-employers-reported\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T14:39:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:39:26","slug":"job-openings-in-april-remained-near-record-highs-us-employers-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/job-openings-in-april-remained-near-record-highs-us-employers-reported\/","title":{"rendered":"Job openings in April remained near record highs, US employers reported"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Job openings remain near <\/b>record highs with 11.4 <\/b>million job openings, as the tight labor market continues to be a bright spot for the US economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Some 4.4 <\/b>million Americans quit or changed jobs in April, according to a report released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, using their leverage in a labor economy where job openings continue to outnumber job seekers by close to two-to-one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Employers reported hiring 6.6 million people in April. Layoffs, meanwhile, fell to an all-time low of 1.2 million, as businesses sought to keep the workers they did have.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe labor market remains strong even though things are cooling off a bit,\u201d said Nick Bunker, an economist at the jobs site Indeed. “We’re still very much in a worker’s and job-seeker’s market.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The latest figures come as the US job market notches month after month of solid growth. US employers added 428,000 jobs in April – the 12th consecutive month of at least 400,000 new jobs. The unemployment rate is at a pandemic low of 3.6 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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US unemployment rate remains at pandemic low of 3.6 percent<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In all, the labor market has added more than 6.5 million jobs in the past year and is on pace to return to pre-pandemic levels this summer. That brisk growth has empowered millions of workers to leave dissatisfying jobs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Abigail Josephine worked at an animal hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., For less than a month before quitting her veterinary technician job in April. The tight labor market, combined with a stressful work environment made the decision relatively easy, she said. The 20-year-old applied for several other positions but finally put in her notice of her even without another offer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAt first I was unsure about quitting,\u201d Josephine said. “But I came home crying, and my husband told me that no job was worth my mental health like that.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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