Online Job Opportunities on the Rise Across the Country

Job seekers may take solace fact that there are a lot more job openings advertised online these days. The number of vacancies advertised online rose 438,000 in January to 4,273,000 according to The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine (HWOL) Data Series. This increase now offsets approximately 80 percent of the 1.76 million drop in ad volume during the two-year downturn period from April 2007 through April 2009.