A JOLT TO YOUR SYSTEM ……….

The last 4 years have been full of dour news about the slow growth of employment in America.  The unemployment rate remains high & labor participation rate is low.  There are a lot of  “long-term unemployed” workers in the country, but true.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes their J.O.L.T.S. report each month.  It’s call the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.  BLS reports job openings, hires, quits, layoffs, discharges & other separations each MONTH.  As of January 10, 2013 there are 3.7 MILLION JOBS open in America looking for a worker.  They are (1) construction – 93,000 openings, (2)  manufacturing – 276,000,  (3) trade, transportation, utilities – 720,000, (4)  professional & business services – 584,000, (5) health care – 643,000,  (6)  leisure & hosopitality – 479,000 and (7) government – 355,000.  Listening to the news would give you the idea that the future of our country is bleak, but according Dr. Mark Dotzour, Texas A&M Real Estate Center the economy is growing, inspite of the incompetent governance in Washington.  There  are JOBS FOR THOSE WILLING TO WORK!