Job Openings Increase to 4.8 Million in August, 2014; Hires Decrease and Separations Steady

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2014. There were 4.8 million job openings on the last business day of August, up from 4.6 million in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.3 percent) was down and the separations rate (3.2 percent) was essentially unchanged in August. Within separations, the quits rate (1.8 percent) was unchanged and the layoffs and discharges rate (1.1 percent) was little changed. This release includes estimates of the…