The News-Times

Employers post record 11.5M job openings

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Employers posted a record 11.5 million job openings in March, meaning the United States now has an unpreceden­ted two job openings for every person who is unemployed. The latest data released Tuesday by the the Bureau of Labor Statistics further reveals an extraordin­arily tight labor market that has emboldened millions of Americans to seek better paying jobs, while also contributi­ng to the biggest inflation surge in four decades. A record 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in March.

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