Denver Jobs Ads Online Slightly Decrease
ningcontentThe number of online advertisements looking for workers to fill Colorado and Denver jobs (Click here) did not change much last month.
According to a report from The Conference Board, there were about 37,100 online ads for jobs in Denver during October, which is down from 37,900 ads during September and down from 65,800 ads during October of last year.
The city had about 22,900 ads for new jobs, which is only slightly lower than the 23,400 ads for new jobs during September, but significantly lower than the 43,700 ads for new jobs during October 2008.
As a whole, about 67,800 online ads for jobs in Colorado ran during October, including new ads and those re-posted from previous months.
That number is only a .7 percent decrease from the 68,300 jobs posted during September, but a 37 percent decrease from the 107,000 ads posted during October 2008.
Of the online ads posted during October, 43,000 were for new jobs, compared to the 71,000 available new jobs posted during October 2008
However, Colorado was closer than most other states in the number of online job ads compared to the number of available workers. The state’s “supply-demand rate” came in at 2.74 during October. That means there are 2.74 available workers for every available job in Colorado.
The national “supply-demand rate” came in at 4.5 during October. Of the 20 states included in The Conference Board’s report, only Maryland had a lower rate, at 1.94.
Throughout the country there were 3.28 million online ads for jobs during October, which is down from 3.36 million during September. Many experts see the lack of growth in online job ads in many states as further indication that the recovery is still weak.
