美国有线新闻 CNN 美国8月职位空缺创历史新高 劳动力市场需求强劲

 

Help wanted. As of this August, there are more job openings in the U.S. than there've been at any point since the year 2000, when the Labor¹ Department launched it's job openings and labor turnover² survey. How many jobs? Almost 7 million, 140 thousand and that's with hiring at record levels as well with 5 million, 780 thousand Americans getting jobs in August. In another first for the survey, there are more job openings in America than there are unemployed³ people in America. That's according to the U.S. Labor Department.

Contrast that to when the great recession officially ended in June of 2009. At that time there was six unemployed Americans for every one job opening.

The new numbers are great news for the U.S. economy and they are for workers who have the skills for the jobs that are available. And though wage growth hasn't ke?pt pace with job growth in recent years, it has been increasing in recent months. And economists⁵ are saying that with more companies competing with each other to hire a limited number of workers, wages are likely to go up faster as well. Are there any downsides here?

Well an economist⁴ interviewed by the Wall Street Journal says that if job opening continue to increase but the pool of workers does not, it could result in a labor shortage and that could put the brakes on U.S. economic growth. For now though, economists say those who are in the market for a new job and who are a good match for the jobs that are available will probably have more power to negotiate salaries and perks⁶ than they have in the past.

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 turnover   

n.人员流动率，人事变动率；营业额，成交量

参考例句：

• The store greatly reduced the prices to make a quick turnover.这家商店实行大减价以迅速周转资金。
• Our turnover actually increased last year.去年我们的营业额竟然增加了。

3 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

4 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

5 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 perks   

额外津贴，附带福利，外快( perk的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Perks offered by the firm include a car and free health insurance. 公司给予的额外待遇包括一辆汽车和免费健康保险。
• Are there any perks that go with your job? 你的工作有什么津贴吗？