US DATA: Online ads text: “Online advertised vacancies rose 438,000
in January to 4,273,000 according to The Conference Board Help Wanted
OnLine (HWOL) Data Series released today. With the January increase,
labor demand has risen 1.44 million since the series low point in April
2009. This increase now offsets approximately 80 percent of the 1.76
million drop in ad volume during the 2-year downturn period from April
2007 through April 2009. The very strong seasonal gain to start 2011 is
welcome news following seven months of essentially flat U.S. labor
demand.”