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DCBob

(24,689 posts)
Wed Apr 4, 2012, 06:33 PM Apr 2012

Hiring at U.S. Workplaces Jumps in March

Source: Gallup

PRINCETON, NJ -- U.S. job market conditions in March reached their best level since August 2008, with Gallup's Job Creation Index now at +18, up from +14 in February. This four-percentage-point increase is the largest one-month jump in the index that Gallup has recorded since instituting the measure in 2008.



The March Job Creation Index reflects 35% of U.S. adult workers saying their employers are hiring and expanding the size of their workforces, and 17% saying their employers are letting workers go and reducing the size of the workforces. While the percentage letting go matches what Gallup found in January, the percentage hiring is at a 42-month high, last seen in September 2008.



Read more: http://www.gallup.com/poll/153746/Hiring-Workplaces-Jumps-March.aspx



Read it and weep Republicans!
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Hiring at U.S. Workplaces Jumps in March (Original Post) DCBob Apr 2012 OP
Bush's policies are finally kicking in... lame54 Apr 2012 #1
hehe.. DCBob Apr 2012 #2
that won't stop them from saying it lame54 Apr 2012 #3
I hate to break it to you, but you just may be right on this one. Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #5
I'll give him credit for those jobs... lame54 Apr 2012 #6
I'm seeing it in the real world.. tridim Apr 2012 #4
It's nice to know someone can find a job. fasttense Apr 2012 #7
K & R Scurrilous Apr 2012 #8

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
2. hehe..
Wed Apr 4, 2012, 06:53 PM
Apr 2012

the GOPers might try that but I dont think it will work. Even the Faux heads will find that bit hard to believe.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
5. I hate to break it to you, but you just may be right on this one.
Wed Apr 4, 2012, 07:53 PM
Apr 2012

See: http://www.state-journal.com/news/article/4830666

I know that this is older news about hiring for increased demand, but I'm almost certain George W. Bush can claim that he created many, if not all of those jobs all by himself.

tridim

(45,358 posts)
4. I'm seeing it in the real world..
Wed Apr 4, 2012, 07:06 PM
Apr 2012

Maybe it's just the "When it rains, it pours" effect, but ever since I started my new job last month I've been getting at least one cold-call per day from companies offering good paying IT jobs. It kind of feels like 1998 again.

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