Friday April 2, 2010
Healthcare is adding jobs, and the industry is growing at a faster rate than the previous 12 months. Healthcare gained 27,000 jobs in March, while the average growth has been 18,000 jobs added monthly throughout the past year.
According the report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today, the largest gains occurred in ambulatory health services (medical offices, outpatient clinics, etc.) with 16,000 new jobs added. Nursing and residential care facilities gained 9,000 new jobs added in March. Hospital job growth was minimal.
While the news was good for healthcare, the job market got some good news as well - with an increase of about 162,000 jobs, this is the highest increase in a very long time. However, it is not enough of an increase to reduce the unemployment rate, which holds steady at 9.7 percent.
A few other key points from the employment report today:
Long-term unemployment (people who are jobless for 27 weeks or more) increased by 414,000 during March to 6.5 million.
Involuntary part-time workers (those working part-time for economic reasons, cut in hours, who prefer to be full-time) increased to 9.1 million.
The number of discouraged workers is up to 1 million, an increase of 309,000 over this time last year. Discouraged workers are those who have stopped looking for work altogether because they feel there are "no jobs available for them", according to the BLS.
Employment in federal government increased in March, thanks to the 48,000 temporary workers hired to conduct the census.
Healthcare Adds 27,000 Jobs in MarchSource: www.about.com
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