April 2010: Employment Activity by Job Title

April’s hiring activity by job title changed little from the previous month, as three of the four managerial levels surveyed by the Index enjoyed respectable gains. However, unlike in March when C-Level hiring dropped by two points, this time it was the availability of VP jobs that slipped, dropping one point to an Index score of 88. VP hiring had been on pace to overtake Manager this month as the most-available managerial job title, but instead wound up finishing in third place, just behind Director.

READING THE INDEX: The CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index measures all Index scores against a base year of 2007, where the number of job listings available online during each month of 2007 = 100 points. This means that a score that is < 100 indicates the number of job listings for a given month is less than during the same month in 2007, while a value > 100 means that more jobs are available than were during the same month in 2007.

Table of Job Posting Index scores by Job Level, Jan 2008 - April 2010:

Index Month	C-Level	VP Level	Director Level	Manager Level
April 2010	76	88	91	97
March 2010	68	89	87	96
February 2010	70	77	80	89
January 2010	60	48	83	71
December 2009	57	68	80	74
November 2009	57	68	81	73
October 2009	62	65	77	64
September 2009	63	63	76	66
August 2009	90	75	88	75
July 2009	81	66	85	77
June 2009	74	52	66	57
May 2009	65	50	63	53
April 2009	31	31	48	42
March 2009	22	33	50	47
February 2009	28	37	56	52
January 2009	38	38	75	63
December 2008	35	48	74	71
November 2008	47	56	86	82
October 2008	58	74	81	71
September 2008	82	81	91	88
August 2008	81	100	107	110
July 2008	78	82	111	102
June 2008	110	87	109	101
May 2008	123	83	102	91
April 2008	105	87	98	92
March 2008	102	108	111	110
February 2008	117	122	110	104
January 2008	111	84	107	99

After enduring a whopping, 33-point loss in job availability between August and November of 2009, C-Suite hiring has enjoyed a steady recovery over the past few months, and the level boasted the biggest gains in April, as hiring job availability increased by eight points. That said, C-Suite hiring activity is still well behind other managerial positions, and it trails third place VP by 12 points.