February 5, 2007
EVEN THE OKIES GOT OFF THEIR DUFFS:
More jobs than jobhunters (Diane Stafford, 2/05/07, Workspace)
One measure -- a comparison of the number of unemployed workers looking for work and the number of jobs advertised online in January -- says these are the nation's hottest major metro areas according to the law of supply and demand:Posted by Orrin Judd at February 5, 2007 1:15 PMWashington, D.C.: Salt Lake City; San Jose, Calif.; San Francisco; Austin, Tex.; San Diego; Richmond, Va.; Phoenix; Hartford, Conn.; and Boston.
The nation's capital posted two help-wanted ads online last month for every jobless job hunter. That created a supply/demand rate of 0.59, according to The Conference Board. Supply/demand rates in the top 10 markets were at 1.0 or lower.
The supply/demand rate for the Kansas City market was 1.83.
The highest rate in the major markets surveyed by the research organization was in the Detroit metro area, where high unemployment and few posted jobs created a supply/demand rate of 5.17.
That's a world-class insult to the Okies. (I deleted the rest of my original comment.)
Posted by: ghostcat at February 5, 2007 7:28 PMAnd this doesn't even take the off-the-books economy into consideration. There are more than enough jobs for Americans even after 12 million illegals do all that work.
Posted by: Lou Gots at February 5, 2007 11:03 PM