Updated at 11:04 a.m., Monday, March 5, 2007
Internet help-wanted ads greater than unemployed
Advertiser Staff
The number of Hawai'i Internet help-wanted advertisements in February outnumbered the number of unemployed people here, according to the latest review of Internet job classifieds by the Conference Board.The New York-based business research group found there were 0.77 unemployed people in the state for every online job ad. It found Hawai'i's 10,500 unemployed was lower than the 13,600 job openings it found.
The state's rate was the lowest among states and compared to the national average of 1.9 jobless people for every ad.
The Conference Board compared unemployment data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics against the number of online want ads to come up with the ranking. In December Hawa'i's unemployment rate was the lowest in the nation at 1.6 percent and compared to the U.S. average of 4.3 percent.
January's unemployment numbers are expected to be released later this week.
States where the number of unemployed persons looking for work significantly exceeded the level of online advertised demand included Mississippi (6.45), Michigan (5.09), and Arkansas (3.75).
