US – It is taking longer and longer to fill a job

With the size of the labor force shrinking, it’s no wonder that it is taking longer and longer to fill a job.

Now Wanted Technologies, which analyzes online job postings from corporate sites, job boards, and elsewhere, found that for the most in-demand jobs, as determined by the number of ads posted online, job posting time alone can be more than double the national average of time to fill.

The typical job posting for a nurse stayed up 50 days. For a software developer, it was up for 47 days.

Not surprisingly, these jobs also regularly appear on Wanted’s list of the top 10 most in-demand. Joining them in August were ads for truck drivers, which stayed up 55 days on average, customer services reps, retail managers, and marketing managers.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at  August Jobs Took Longer to Fill as Open Positions Continue to Grow.