Eight Occupations Boom as On-Line Job Openings Increase

Unemployment numbers may have gone up in May, but at least there's some good news from the job front: Online advertised vacancies were up 148,800 in May to 4,471,200, with thousands of new openings listed in eight occupations including sales, office and administrative support.

According to the latest numbers from The Conference Board's Help Wanted OnLine Data Series, the May increase follows a decline of 124,000 in April and a gain of 198,000 in March.