Jan 31 2008
Help-Wanted Advertising Index Inches Up
The Conference Board Help-Wanted Advertising Index — a key measure of job offerings in major newspapers across America — inched up one point in December. The Index now stands at 22. It was 33 one year ago.
The Conference Board is the global business research and membership organization.
In the last three months, help-wanted advertising declined in eight of the nine U.S. regions. Steepest declines occurred in the Pacific (-18.9%) and South Atlantic (-16.3%) regions. The East North Central region (2.5%) showed a modest increase.