Connecticut’s online help-wanted ad index showed a big year-over-year decrease, according to figures released by the state Department of Labor.
The Conference Board’s Help Wanted OnLine data reported that there were 61,500 advertisements for Connecticut-based jobs in April 2016. That’s a 0.6 percent decrease from March but a 19.6 percent decrease over the year.
The report said there were 3.23 advertised vacancies for every 100 people in Connecticut’s labor force, while nationally it was 3.25 percent. Last year in April, there were 4.03 vacancies per 100 people vs. a national number of 3.41 percent.
Among the New England states, Massachusetts had the highest labor demand rate (4.28), while Rhode Island had the lowest rate (2.84).
The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine Data Series measures the number of new, first-time online jobs and jobs reposted from the previous month for over 16,000 Internet job boards, corporate boards and smaller job sites that serve niche markets and smaller geographic areas.
