Job Seekers to Jobs Ratio Still 4-to-1
For the 34th-straight month, the ratio of job seekers to available jobs is four to one, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In other words, there are four unemployed people for every one job opening.
Here’s a related chart from the institute:
The institute on Wednesday released a collection of 11 telling charts from the past year. Here’s one that shows how hard certain industries have been hit by the recession. The fact that the construction and hospitality sectors are hurting comes as no surprise to Hawaii workers:
Check out the rest of the charts.
