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Title: Job Openings and Labor
Turnover Survey: JOLTS
Originator:
Department/Agency Name:
Department Of Labor
Major Organizational
Subdivision: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minor Organizational
Subdivision: Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics
Name of Unit: Division
of Occupational and Administrative Statistics
Access Constraints:
None. Approved for Public Release
Use Constraints: None
Abstract: A new BLS survey, the Job Openings and Labor
Turnover Survey (JOLTS), collects monthly data on job vacancies, labor hires,
and labor separations. BLS is expecting to publish national estimates in 2001.
The goal of JOLTS is to produce monthly measures of unmet labor demand in the
form of rates and numbers of job openings. In addition, to aid in interpreting
the job openings estimates, JOLTS will generate associated labor turnover data
in the form of rates and numbers of hires and separations.
Purpose:
The job openings rate will be used to help reveal structural labor market
conditions, such as the effectiveness of job matching and training processes.
Trends in the job openings rate, when compared to movements in the unemployment
rate, can help identify whether structural conditions or slack demand is
driving unemployment. Such analysis will provide policymakers with information
on how to more effectively reduce unemployment in the United States. Along with
the job openings rate, trends in JOLTS hires and separations data will broadly
identify which industries face the tightest labor markets and which are
expanding or contracting their workforce. In addition, JOLTS data will add to
the statistics that track the business cycle and indicate how economic
fluctuations affect labor markets and the distribution of workers across
industries.
Agency Program: Title 29, chapter 1, part 2 of
United States Code authorizes JOLTS data collection.
Local Subject Terms:
- job openings
- labor turnover
- labor shortages
- demand-side indicator
- labor Demand
- hires
- separations
- US Federal GILS
Availability:
Distributor:
Name:
Office of Publications and Special Studies
Organization:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Street
Address: 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Room 2860
City:
Washington
State:
DC
Zip
Code: 20212
Country:
USA
Network
Address: blsdata_staff@bls.gov
Hours
of Service: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET
Telephone:
(202) 691-5200
Fax:
(202) 691-7890
Order Process: website
Linkage:
http://stats.bls.gov
Linkage Type: text/html
Point of Contact:
Name: Office of
Publications and Special Studies
Organization: Bureau of
Labor Statistics
Street
Address: 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Room 2860
City: Washington
State: DC
Zip Code: 20212
Country: USA
Network Address:
blsdata_staff@bls.gov
Hours of Service: 8:30
a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET
Telephone: (202)
691-5200
Fax:
(202) 691-7890
Sources of Data:
Department/Agency Name:
Department Of Labor
Major Organizational
Subdivision: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minor Organizational
Subdivision: Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics
Name of Unit: Division
of Occupational and Administrative Statistics
Record Source:
Name: Office of
Publications and Special Studies
Organization: Bureau of
Labor Statistics
Street
Address: 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Room 2860
City: Washington
State: DC
Zip Code: 20212
Country: USA
Network Address:
blsdata_staff@bls.gov
Hours of Service: 8:30
a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET
Telephone: (202)
691-5200
Fax:
(202) 691-7890
Date of Last Modification: 20000912
Control Identifier: DOL-BLS-000182
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