- CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index June 2012
- June Hiring Overall
- June Hiring by Job Title
- June Hiring by City
- June Hiring by Region
After losing ground for the past two months, managerial hiring activity across the U.S. improved by 6.2 points in June, according to the CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index. While this is below its peak of 116.9 reached in March of this year, the Index’s overall score of 103.7 represents a 9% improvement since the beginning of 2012 – a step in the right direction for the weak U.S. job market.
Last month also saw a year-over-year increase in managerial hiring, posting a 3.4-point improvement compared to June 2011. This is just the second time in 2012 that managerial hiring activity has been better than last year.
How do we determine these employment activity numbers?
The CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index calculates the number of available managerial job openings each month by surveying wide range of local and national job boards across the U.S, with all results hand-counted and checked for duplication by a team of researchers. What does an overall Index score of 103.7 for June 2012 mean? The Index measures employment activity against a base score of 100, which represents the volume of job openings during the same period in 2007. A score higher than 100 means that there are more available jobs than in 2007, while one below 100 means that job seekers now have fewer opportunities available.
- USA Hiring Index Table, Jan 2008 - June 2012:
| Index Month | Index Score | Monthly Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | 103.7 | +6.2 |
| May 2012 | 97.5 | -3.8 |
| April 2012 | 101.3 | -15.3 |
| March 2012 | 116.9 | +9.9 |
| February 2012 | 107.0 | +12.0 |
| January 2012 | 95.0 | -0.1 |
| December 2011 | 95.1 | -8.4 |
| November 2011 | 103.5 | -0.9 |
| October 2011 | 104.4 | +1.8 |
| September 2011 | 102.6 | -5.0 |
| August 2011 | 107.6 | +9.4 |
| July 2011 | 98.2 | -2.1 |
| June 2011 | 100.3 | -0.2 |
| May 2011 | 100.5 | -10.1 |
| April 2011 | 110.6 | +1.1 |
| March 2011 | 109.5 | +5.2 |
| February 2011 | 104.3 | +0.6 |
| January 2011 | 103.7 | +3.8 |
| December 2010 | 99.9 | -6.0 |
| November 2010 | 105.9 | +6.4 |
| October 2010 | 99.5 | -0.1 |
| September 2010 | 99.6 | -2.7 |
| August 2010 | 102.3 | -4.6 |
| July 2010 | 106.9 | +14.3 |
| June 2010 | 92.6 | +3.6 |
| May 2010 | 89.0 | -3.3 |
| April 2010 | 92.3 | +1.9 |
| March 2010 | 90.4 | +7.1 |
| February 2010 | 83.3 | +12.5 |
| January 2010 | 70.8 | -3.1 |
| December 2009 | 73.9 | +0.2 |
| November 2009 | 73.7 | +5.9 |
| October 2009 | 67.8 | -0.6 |
| September 2009 | 68.4 | -11.4 |
| August 2009 | 79.8 | +1.6 |
| July 2009 | 78.2 | +17.8 |
| June 2009 | 60.4 | +3.8 |
| May 2009 | 56.6 | +15.2 |
| April 2009 | 41.4 | -2.7 |
| March 2009 | 44.1 | -5.4 |
| February 2009 | 49.5 | -12.2 |
| January 2009 | 61.7 | -4.5 |
| December 2008 | 66.2 | -10.9 |
| November 2008 | 77.1 | +3.7 |
| October 2008 | 73.4 | -14.3 |
| September 2008 | 87.7 | -18.0 |
| August 2008 | 105.7 | +5.4 |
| July 2008 | 100.3 | -2.3 |
| June 2008 | 102.6 | +6.8 |
| May 2008 | 95.8 | +1.6 |
| April 2008 | 94.2 | -15.1 |
| March 2008 | 109.3 | +0.3 |
| February 2008 | 109.0 | +8.7 |
| January 2008 | 100.3 | +/-0 |
While June’s Employment Index score of 103.9 is only slightly higher than it was in 2007, this represents the fourth time this year that managerial hiring activity has been above pre-recession levels – a welcome sign in a sluggish economy. That said, breaking down hiring activity by region reveals that some areas of the U.S. still lag behind the rest.
Continue to the June 2012 Regional Hiring Report