The number of job openings in California for “Innovation Type Jobs” increased from 12,335 in May 2014 to 12,612 in June 2014, while the searcher-to-job opening ratio increased from 0.68 to 1.02 in the same span.
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The number of job openings in Texas for STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) jobs increased from 12,335 in May 2014 to 12,612 in June 2014, while the searcher-to-job opening ratio increased from 0.68 to 1.02 in the same span.
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The number of job openings in Texas for “Innovation Type Jobs” increased from 12,335 in May 2014 to 12,612 in June 2014, while the searcher-to-job opening ratio increased from 0.68 to 1.02 in the same span.
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Texas June 2014
Total number of job openings and median searcher-to-job ratio across all MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) for each major occupational group in Texas in May 2014.
| Occupation | openings | s2jratio |
| Management, business, and financial occupations | 54098 | 0.7 |
| Professional and related occupations | 77613 | 1.19 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 52093 | 1.2 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 16796 | 1.42 |
| Service occupations | 61409 | 1.65 |
| Sales and related occupations | 26907 | 1.76 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 888 | 2.24 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 17950 | 2.28 |
| Production occupations | 20146 | 2.7 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 15616 | 5.01 |
Texas June 2014
Total number of job openings and median searcher-to-job ratio across all MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) for each major occupational group in Texas in May 2014.
| Occupation | openings | s2jratio |
| Management, business, and financial occupations | 54098 | 0.7 |
| Professional and related occupations | 77613 | 1.19 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 52093 | 1.2 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 16796 | 1.42 |
| Service occupations | 61409 | 1.65 |
| Sales and related occupations | 26907 | 1.76 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 888 | 2.24 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 17950 | 2.28 |
| Production occupations | 20146 | 2.7 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 15616 | 5.01 |
Texas May 2014
Total number of job openings and median searcher-to-job ratio across all MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) for each major occupational group in Texas in May 2014.
| occupation | openings | s2jratio |
| Management, business, and financial occupations | 53053 | 0.8 |
| Professional and related occupations | 77452 | 0.8 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 16964 | 1.14 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 51305 | 1.15 |
| Service occupations | 61732 | 1.51 |
| Sales and related occupations | 27126 | 1.79 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 18312 | 1.99 |
| Production occupations | 20093 | 2.72 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 872 | 3.61 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 15892 | 4.46 |
The Conference Board Help Wanted Online (HWOL) data series release for March 2014 indicated a number trends worth discussing.
The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine® Data Series (HWOL) measures the number of new, first-time online jobs and jobs reposted from the previous month for over 16,000 Internet job boards, corporate boards and smaller job sites that serve niche markets and smaller geographic areas.
The Conference Board’s HWOL series measures help wanted advertising, i.e. labor demand. The HWOL data series began in May 2005. The HWOL provides seasonally adjusted data for the U.S., the nine Census regions and the 50 States. The HWOL also provides seasonally adjusted data for occupations and for the 52 largest metropolitan areas..
So what are the trends. Three take aways