By Mark J. Perry (Guest Post)
June’s employment report from the BLS was pretty bleak, with only 57,000 new private sector jobs added, bringing the unemployment rate up to 9.2% last month, the highest level since last December’s 9.4% rate. The labor market news from Monster on online job demand and recruitment activity for June was a little more upbeat, with the Monster Employment Index increasing to the highest level since October 2008 (see chart above). Other highlights include: The Monster Index grew at an annual rate of 4% in June, marking the 17th consecutive month of year-over-year…
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