Continuing last Monday’s post about the October’s jobs report (in which new job postings on LinkUp rose by 4% from September), there is also positive news on an industry by industry basis. In October, 23 of 36 industries showed an increase from September in new job listings on LinkUp, while 21 showed an increase in total job listings.

LinkUp, the fastest growing job search engine on the web according to recent ComScore data, only indexes job listings that are found on company websites. The October jobs report was based on a comparison between September and October job listings from 16,967 corporate websites around the U.S. As a result of this unique data source, LinkUp’s job listing data includes no duplicate job listings, no classifieds from recruiters or headhunters, and no phishing or scam ads. Even more importantly, the jobs data is based on actual job openings that companies list on their own company website rather than the openings that companies are advertising for on other job boards or in newspapers.

Technology, sales, and customer service added the most jobs during the month, while retail, health & medical, and administrative showed the largest declines.

Last Friday, the Department of Labor issued its monthly jobs report for October and reported that the U.S. economy lost another 190,000 jobs in October (a number that will certainly be revised up or down in future months). October’s losses represent the 22nd straight month of monthly job losses, and unemployment rose from 9.8% to 10.2%, the highest level since 1983. Accounting for people who have given up looking for work or who want full-time work but have settled for part-time work, the unemployment rate is 17.5%. The total number of jobs lost since the Great Recession began in December of 2007 now totals 7.3 million.

There were, however, some mildly positive signs in October’s Department of Labor numbers. Hourly wages increased during the month, the number of hours worked in manufacturing rose, and temp/staffing hiring is rising. As well, the job losses in September and August were revised to show fewer job losses than initially reported. All of these statistics demonstrate that there are slight hints that the job market has bottomed out and that while recovery will likely remain anemic for months to come, we may have seen the worst. (Lest anyone get too excited, however, unemployment will likely rise for most of 2010 as monthly job losses will not only have to turn positive, they will have to turn positive to such a degree that monthly job gains actually outpace new entrants into the job market).

In any event, LinkUp’s October jobs report showed that the U.S. jobs market is improving ever so slightly. New job listings on LinkUp rose by 4% during the month and total job listings were flat from September. On a state by state basis, 33 of 50 states reported a decrease in new job listings (34 of 51 counting Washington, D.C.) and, on a slightly more positive note, 27 states showed a decrease in total job listings.

In terms of the best and worst performing states, Illinois, North Carolina, and Connecticut reported the largest increases in new and total jobs, while Massachusetts, Ohio, and West Virginia experienced the largest declines in the actual number of new and total job listings.

LinkUp, the fastest growing job search engine on the web according to recent ComScore data, only indexes job listings that are found on company websites. The October jobs report was based on a comparison between September and October job listings from 16,967 corporate websites around the U.S. As a result of this unique data source, LinkUp’s job listing data includes no duplicate job listings, no classifieds from recruiters or headhunters, and no phishing or scam ads. Even more importantly, the jobs data is based on actual job openings that companies list on their own company website rather than the openings that companies are advertising for on other job boards or in newspapers.

Continuing last Friday’s post about LinkUp’s dour jobs report for September (in which 47 states reported a decrease from August in the total number of job listings), there is equally as discouraging news on an industry by industry basis. In September, 29 of 36 industries showed a decrease from August in both new and total number of job listings on LinkUp.

LinkUp, the fastest growing job search engine on the web according to recent ComScore data, only indexes job listings that are found on company websites. The September jobs report was based on a comparison between August and September job listings from 16,861 corporate websites around the U.S. As a result of this unique data source, LinkUp’s job listing data includes no duplicate job listings, no classifieds from recruiters or headhunters, and no phishing or scam ads. Even more importantly, the jobs data is based on actual job openings that companies list on their own company website rather than the openings that companies are advertising for on other job boards or in newspapers.

The nation’s retail industry stands out as perhaps the only bright spot in the job market, while the General Management & Business, Technology, and Restaurant categories showed the largest decrease in the number of job listings.

Not surprisingly given the grim jobs report issued earlier today by the Department of Labor, LinkUp’s September jobs report showed that the U.S. jobs market continues to struggle badly. New job listings on LinkUp fell by 14% during the month and total job listings dropped by 7%. On a state by state basis, 38 of 50 states reported a decrease in new job listings (39 of 51 counting Washington, D.C.) and, even more alarmingly, 47 states showed a decrease in total job listings.

The Department of Labor reported this morning that the U.S. economy shed 263,000 jobs in September, far worse than the 175,000 that most economists were predicting. The nation’s unemployment rate rose to 9.8% and more than 15 million Americans are currently out of work. Since the recession began in late 2007, 7.2 million jobs have been lost.

LinkUp, the fastest growing job search engine on the web according to recent ComScore data, only indexes job listings that are found on company websites. The September jobs report was based on a comparison between August and September job listings from 16,861 corporate websites around the U.S. As a result of this unique data source, LinkUp’s job listing data includes no duplicate job listings, no classifieds from recruiters or headhunters, and no phishing or scam ads. Even more importantly, the jobs data is based on actual job openings that companies list on their own company website rather than the openings that companies are advertising for on other job boards or in newspapers.

In terms of the best and worst performing states, Minnesota, Arkansas, and Nevada reported the largest percentage declines in job losses, while Texas, California, and Minnesota experienced the largest declines in the actual number of new and total job listings.

Despite the continuing rise in U.S. unemployment and the mixed signals from the August jobs report (good news relative to previous months but still horrendous compared to historic norms), there are a lot of companies with jobs listed on their company websites (still the 2nd best place to find a job behind a personal contact). Below are the top 100 companies with the most job listings on their company website in LinkUp’s job search engine during August. (LinkUp indexes jobs that are only found on company websites. As a result, the jobs are always current, often unadvertised, and never fake).

Continuing yesterday’s post about LinkUp’s encouraging jobs data for August (in which 49 states reported an increase from July in the total number of job listings), there is equally encouraging news on an industry by industry basis. In August, 35 of 37 industries showed an increase from July in the total number of job listings on LinkUp. In terms of new job listings posted during the month, 23 sectors showed an increase from July.

LinkUp is the fastest growing job search engine on the web, indexing jobs exclusively from company websites (16,000 company websites in July). LinkUp’s index is updated every night, and does not include any job postings from other job boards. As a result, LinkUp jobs are always current, often unadvertised anywhere else on the web, and contain no duplicate listings, fake jobs, work at home scams, or other bogus jobs.

Consulting & Freelance, Insurance, and Intern positions showed the largest percentage increase in new job listings from July, while Healthcare, General Management & Business, and Administrative & Clerical showed the largest increase in the number of new job listings.

The Department of Labor released its jobs report for August last Friday,  and despite the fact that 216,000 more jobs were lost and unemployment rose to 9.7% (a 26-year high), the monthly job losses were the smallest of any month this year. The fact that we’re celebrating what would normally be considered abysmal job losses is a clear sign of how brutal the ‘Great Recession’ has been to the nation’s economy in general and the labor market in particular, but it is a sign, nevertheless, that the economy is definitely turning. And LinkUp’s jobs report from August offers further encouraging evidence.

Almost half of the states in the U.S. (including Washington, D.C.) showed an increase in the number of new job listings on LinkUp, and all but 2 states showed an increase in the number of total job listings. Overall, the number of new job listings in the U.S. was flat from July, and total job listings rose by 51,346 jobs or 11%.

LinkUp, the fastest growing job search engine on the web, indexes job listings found on only on company web sites (16,891 company sites in July). Unlike other job search engines such as Indeed or Simplyhired, LinkUp does not aggregate jobs from other job boards but rather aggregates and publishes only jobs pulled directly from company websites themselves. As a result, job listings found on LinkUp are always current, often unadvertised, and never fake. More importantly in terms of the relevancy of job listing data, there are no duplicate jobs on LinkUp because the job search engine only indexes jobs from a single source – the employer’s website itself.

In terms of the best and worst performing states, Minnesota, California, and Florida added the most new job listings, while Utah, Connecticut, and Wyoming experienced the largest declines in the actual number of new job listings.

Consistent with LinkUp state by state job listing report for May released yesterday, the job search engine’s report of new and total job listings by industry for May provides further proof that the job market is showing signs of life. While new job listings on LinkUp fell 8% to 425,783, the decline was a massive improvement from the 23% drop in April. Total job listings by industry fell 4% in May to 726,173. This, too, was an improvement from the 7% decline in April.

LinkUp, one of the leading job search engines in the country, indexes job listings found on only on company web sites (18,356 company sites in May). Unlike other job search engines such as Indeed or Simplyhired, LinkUp does not aggregate jobs from other job boards but rather aggregates and publishes only jobs pulled directly from company web sites themselves. As a result, job listings found on LinkUp are always current, often unadvertised, and never fake.

Just as encouragning as the slowing rate of decline is the fact that 14 industries showed either an increase or no decline in the number of new or total job listings. In April, not a single industry showed an increase in new job listings, and only 5 had an increase in the total number of listings. In terms of the best and worst industries, Healthcare and Hospitality experienced the largest increases, while Restaurant & Food Service, Technology, and Engineering & Architecture showed the largest declines.

The Department of Labor report for May will be released this Friday, and if LinkUp’s data is any indication, the jobs market is showing clear signs of improving. Granted, the numbers are still quite bleak, but they are a far cry from the abysmal numbers LinkUp reported in April. In May, new job listings on LinkUp declined by 7% to 522,000, and total job listings dropped by 2% to 891,000. (In April, the declines were 20% and 5% respectively). Even more encouraging than the slowing rate of decline is the fact that 9 states actually showed and increase in new job listings and 15 states showed an increase in the total number of job listings.

LinkUp, one of the leading job search engines in the country, indexes job listings found on only on company web sites (18,356 company sites in May). Unlike other job search engines such as Indeed or Simplyhired, LinkUp does not aggregate jobs from other job boards but rather aggregates and publishes only jobs pulled directly from company web sites themselves. As a result, job listings found on LinkUp are always current, often unadvertised, and never fake.

In terms of the best and worst performing states, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Ohio added the most new job listings, while Washington, Maryland, and Illinois experienced the largest declines in new job listings. Combined, total job listings in those 3 states declined by roughly 14,000 job listings. In April, the worst 3 states combined for a total job listing decline of over 43,000.

I had the great pleasure of hearing Jim Grant of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer speak at a conference last week. In his incredibly entertaining, enlightening, and frightening remarks, he noted that in the previous 10 post-war recessions, the peak-to-trough decline in GDP averaged 1.7%. The average stimulus response during those 10 recessions averaged 2.9% of GDP.

In this current ‘Great Recession,’ the decline in GDP has been only 1.8% to date, and the stimulus response so far has been equal to 29% of GDP. This is 10 times the normal stimulus for a recession that so far is just slightly above average in terms of GDP decline. As a result, Grant is forecasting massive inflation sooner and to a significantly larger degree than mainstream economists are predicting at the moment.

At the same conference, other economists made some interesting remarks about unemployment figures. The first was that in the 5 months between November and March, the average monthly job losses have exceeded 600,000. In April, the job losses were 539,000 and everyone cheered the positive news and claimed that the worst of the recessions was over. While that may be the case, in neither of the past 2 receessions was there ever a single month where job losses were greater than 300,000.

The other point that was made was that even once the economy starts adding jobs, whenever that might occur, the pace of net job gains initially will not be enough to surpass the number of new entrants into the job market. This means that even once there are months with jobs being added in the economy, the unemployment rate will continue to rise until monthly job gais outpace the growth of the labor market. Kind of frightening to think about.

Sorry for the grim post but the stats and information are worth keeping in mind as the economy muddles through into a recovery at some point.