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Job Openings in November Reach 14-Year High

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getty 011417 jobopps?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1421242213476iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — There were almost five million job openings in the U.S. last November, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.

That figure represents the highest number of openings offered by employers since January 2001.

Overall, openings jumped 2.9 percent from October 2014 to 4.97 million in November 2014.

What’s more, the increase was only partly fueled by seasonal hirings, meaning that employers are likely to hire more people throughout 2015 than they did last year.

The surge in job openings could also bode well for boosting wages, which have been largely stagnant since the economy climbed out of the Great Recession five years ago.


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