April 2011: Employment Activity by Job Title

Drilling down and examining the U.S. employment activity by job title in April 2011, C-Level Manager levels dropped significantly from 104 in March 2011 to 89 in April 2011,while the demand for VP candidates also dropped by nine points to 104. Conversely, the demand for Director Level positions jumped 10 points to 105. Manager level positions still finished at the top of the list with an index score of 119, rising only one point since March.

Hiring by Job Title, Jan 2008 - Apr 2011:

Index Month	C-Level	VP Level	Director Level	Manager Level
April 2011	89	104	105	119
March 2011	104	113	95	118
February 2011	106	104	97	109
January 2011	111	79	105	108
December 2010	71	97	95	108
November 2010	72	113	104	110
October 2010	76	114	98	100
September 2010	81	114	99	99
August 2010	86	115	101	103
July 2010	104	105	105	109
June 2010	77	86	90	98
May 2010	75	88	84	94
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

Despite the 40-point boost from December 2010 to January 2011, the demand for C-Level candidates has continued to decline month-after-month. VP and Director Level positions continue to bounce around, while Manager Level positions continue to climb steadily each month. The good news is that all levels have gained double-digit improvements from April 2010 and a 50+ point gains from April 2009.

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