South By North Strategies, Ltd.

The latest version of the  Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that job openings remained scarce in February, the most recent month for which data are available.

There were 2.7 million job openings on the last business day of February 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The job openings rate was little changed over the month at 2.1 percent. The hires rate (3.1 percent) and the separations rate (3.1 percent) were also little changed in February.
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Over the 12 months ending in February, hires totaled 48.3 million and separations totaled 51.5 million, yielding a net employment loss of 3.2 million.