After a poor performance last month, employment activity across the U.S. surged in March, increasing by 5 percent to finish at an overall Index score of 109.5. This is the best employment activity score the CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index has measured since January 2008, and is a full 19.1 points above hiring levels during March of last year.
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Download NowWhat does an overall Index score of 109.5 for March mean? The CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index calculates the number of available managerial job openings each month by surveying a wide range of local and national job boards across the U.S., with all results hand-counted and checked for duplication by a team of researchers.
The Index measures employment activity against a base score of 100, which represents the volume of job openings during the same period in 2007. A score higher than 100 means that there are more available jobs than in 2007, while one below 100 means that job seekers now have fewer opportunities available. Thanks to a strong performance this month, there were 2.5 times as many jobs in March as there were a year ago.