Jobs Posted on Internet Fall 292,100 in March: Report

Published April 02, 2014, 10:06 a.m. EDT

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Updated April 02, 2014, 10:11 a.m. EDT

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About 4,894,100 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in March, a decrease of 292,100 from February, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.

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"The March decline largely offsets the February gain and left the first quarter of 2014 with a minor drop of 50,000. It's not the start of the year we were hoping for," said June Shelp, vice president at the Conference Board. "The flat trend that we saw throughout last year seems to have continued into the first quarter of this year."

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