Firms report fewer job openings

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ArkansasOnline - 2/7/2018 - Christopher Rugaber - AP - U.S. companies posted the fewest open jobs in seven months in December, yet the number of Americans quitting their jobs rose to a 17-year high, a mixed reading on the job market. The Labor Department said Tuesday that job openings dropped 2.8 percent to 5.8 million. That's still a healthy level and up 4.9 percent from a year earlier. The number of people quitting rose 3.1 percent to 3.26 million, the most since January 2001. Read more @ http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018 ... s-2018020/