Listen Up Kyl, Bunning and Delay, 9 Unemployed For Every Job

Nine Jobseekers For Every Job

WASHNGTON 9 March, 2010 There were 2.7 million job openings on the last business day of January 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Last Friday's jobs report showed 14.7 million out of work. Thats 5.4 unemployed people for each job. There are another 8.7 million with part time jobs that want fulltime work. Thats nearly 8.7 unemployed people for every open job.

As usual the dry and beaurocratese of the BLS report belies the the real pain and suffering resulting from the worst recession since the great depression of the 30's and totally ignored by the likes of Kyl, Bunning and Delay. 

There were 2.7 million job openings on the last business day of January 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported ... The job openings rate rose over the month to 2.1 percent, the highest therate has been since February 2009. The hires rate (3.1 percent) and the separations rate (3.2 percent) were unchanged in January. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector by industry andgeographic region. This release also includes annual estimates forhires and separations.  The annual totals for hires and quits decreased in 2009 while the annual total for layoffs and discharges increased.

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