Houston Business Journal – by Dallas Business Journal

Date: Friday, June 3, 2011, 6:31am CDT

 

Texas employers posted 14,200 more openings online last month, the second highest increase in the South.

Online advertised vacancies were up 148,000 in May to about 4.5 million, according to a report from The Conference Board. The May increase follows a decline of 124,000 in April and a gain of 198,000 in March.

Among the regions, the South posted the largest gain of 54,000 posts. Maryland led the region with a 14,500 jobs gain, followed by Texas (+14,200) and Georgia (+13,100).

There are just over three unemployed workers for every online advertised vacancy, the report showed, and nationally there are 9.4 million more unemployed workers than advertised vacancies.

In May, there were 608,200 advertised vacancies for workers in computer and mathematical science occupations, a rise of 25,100, reflecting increased demand for a wide range of skills including network designers, biostatisticians, and geographic information system technicians. Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations were up 4,700 to 59,000 with increases for jobs such as building cleaners and landscape workers such as tree trimmers.

Among the top 10 occupation groups with the largest numbers of online advertised vacancies, categories posting increases included office and administrative support, up 16,900. General office clerks, receptionists, and information clerks were among the occupations that saw increases in advertised vacancies that were partially offset by a drop in demand for billing and accounting clerks and data entry clerks.

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