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Labor Market Information - Connecticut Help Wanted OnLine Data Series (HWOL)

Connecticut Help Wanted OnLine Data Series (HWOL)

Last Updated: September 20, 2017

The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine Data Series (HWOL) measures the number of new, first-time online jobs and jobs reposted from the previous month for over 16,000 Internet job boards, corporate boards and smaller job sites that serve niche markets and smaller geographic areas. The data can be used as a real-time measure of labor demand.

Statewide Highlights

Total postings in Connecticut was 65,414 in August 2017, down 932 from a month before and down 4,328 from August 2016.

Industry Sectors with the most job postings were Health Care and Social Assistance (7,035 postings, +12.3% since 8/16), Educational Services (4,620 postings, -13.8% since 8/16), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (4,588 postings, +1.2% since 8/16), and Retail Trade (3,939 postings, -17.2% since 8/16).

Occupations with the most postings in August 2017 were Registered Nurses (5,335 postings +7.7% since 8/16), Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers (1,989 postings, -1.9% since 8/16) and Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers (1,814 postings, +15.0% since 8/16).

The Connecticut HWOL report is prepared monthly and published by the Office of Research at the Connecticut Department of Labor.

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