{"id":972,"date":"2017-12-29T08:17:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T08:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/?p=972"},"modified":"2017-12-29T08:17:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T08:17:22","slug":"2017-was-the-year-of-the-red-hot-job-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/2017-was-the-year-of-the-red-hot-job-market\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 was the year of the red-hot job market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The country has added jobs for 86 consecutive months &#8212; the longest streak on record &#8212; according to the Labor Department. Its numbers date back to 1939.<\/p>\n<p>The unemployment rate has ticked down to 4.1%, the lowest level since 2000. Compare that to 10%, which it reached in October 2009, when the economy was in shambles. Experts say that the current low rate shows it won&#8217;t get much better than this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The overwhelming evidence from the labor market is that the economy is, in fact, at full employment,&#8221; says David Kelly, chief global strategist at JPMorgan Funds.<\/p>\n<p>Americans seem to be shedding some recession scars. Consumer confidence is near its highest level in 17 years, fueled by a strong job market and the Republicans&#8217; long-anticipated tax reform plan, which was signed into law last week. <\/p>\n<p>Read Full Article:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2017\/12\/28\/news\/economy\/jobs-2017\/index.html\">http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2017\/12\/28\/news\/economy\/jobs-2017\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The country has added jobs for 86 consecutive months &#8212; the longest streak on record &#8212; according to the Labor Department. Its numbers date back to 1939. The unemployment rate has ticked down to 4.1%, the lowest level since 2000. Compare that to 10%, which it reached in October 2009, when the economy was in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[46,66],"tags":[375,51,374],"class_list":["post-972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-hr-2","tag-america","tag-jobs","tag-usa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/usa.jpeg?fit=292%2C172&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vlXG-fG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":601,"url":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/u-s-created-287000-jobs-in-june-beating-analyst-expectations\/","url_meta":{"origin":972,"position":0},"title":"U.S. created 287,000 jobs in June, beating analyst expectations","author":"admin","date":"July 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Jobs watchers had been expecting Friday's jobs report to show a substantial rebound from May's unexpectedly weak growth, but the June number easily topped expectations. 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