Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey

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Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey

A survey published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics each month on the state of the American job market. It collects and disseminates data on job openings, recruitment activity, hires and layoffs, and other criteria in several different sectors. JOLTS are used along with the Help Wanted Index to show whether the number of jobs is growing or shrinking at a given time.

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The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) is a monthly survey that produces data on job openings, hires, and separations.

Conference report: JOLTS symposium

Labor Market Analysis: Initial Results from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2003), on the Internet at www.

Job openings, hires, and separations fall during the recession: JOLTS data indicate record-low levels of job openings, hires, and separations in 2009, as well as a record-high number of layoffs and discharges

3) The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) provides measures of job openings, hires, and separations on a monthly, basis, by industry and region, from December 2000 forward.

Annual hires rates and levels, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), 2006-07 Rate (percent) Percent 2006 2007 Change change Industry and region Total 43.

Job openings, hires, and turnover decrease in 2007

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) is an establishment survey that publishes monthly data on job openings, as well as monthly and annual data on hires and separations, by major industry and region.

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey measures the number of workers who move into and out of jobs each month, distinguishes between those who quit or are laid off, and tracks the number of job openings businesses have open at a given point in time.

Studying the labor market using BLS labor dynamics data

2) For additional information about the development of the program, see Kelly Clark and Rosemary Hyson, "New tools for labor market analysis: the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey," Monthly Labor Review, December 2001, pp.

The Job openings and labor turnover survey: what initial data show: early results from these new data series show trends that are in line with other surveys, both private industry and government, and allow for a more complete picture of the labor market

The Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank included in their April 2003 Economic Trends bulletin an analysis of the new data from the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) that illustrated that fact.

Uncertainty and labor turnover. (Precis)

A new Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) was introduced in July 2002 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

For more information see the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey page at http://www.

JOLTS starts. (Labor Month in Review)

labor market and to show how changes in labor supply and demand affect the overall economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will introduce a new data series measuring labor demand and turnover: the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).

The BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, completes the labor market picture by collecting monthly data from businesses to measure unmet labor demand and job turnover.

New tools for labor market analysis: JOLTS: as a single, direct source for data on job openings, hires, and separations, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) should be a useful indicator of the demand for labor in the U.S. labor market and of other economic conditions. (Job Openings and Labor Turnover)