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November 3, 2020
Proprietary
New US Job Postings Continue to Exceed New Jobless Claims in
October
Source: Gartner's Talent Neuron and BLS
4,113,523
4,131,090
3,641,732
2,753,975
2,832,900
3,436,060
4,037,561
4,277,266
4,324,552
4,191,741
0
5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Monthly Comparison of New Job Postings and New Job Claims* in
2020
New Jobless Claims New Job Postings
*New Job Postings are underreported as not every opening for jobs such as Cashier or Warehouse Worker etc… are posted individually
October was 2
nd
month that New
Job Postings
Exceeded New
Jobless Claims
since February.
New Job Postings
have recovered to
pre-Covid levels
and remained
steadily above
since August.
