About 5,232,000 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in January, a decrease of 56,800 from December, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.
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"Employers still seem hesitant to expand their workforce," said June Shelp, vice president at the Conference Board. "The number of advertised vacancies remains high at about 5 million per month, but increases in ads have significantly dropped off over the past three years, declining from an average of +57,000 per month in 2011 to +45,000 in 2012 and down to only +26,000 in 2013."
