NEWS FLASH

For Three Straight Years, There Have Been More Than Three Job Seekers For Every Available Job | The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that there were 4.2 job seekers for every available opening in September, down slightly from the 4.5 to 1 ratio in August. As the Economic Policy Institute noted, “September marks just over three years in a row that the job-seeker’s ratio has been at or above 3-to-1…And we’ve been substantially above 4-to-1 for the last two years and nine months.”