The Bureau of Labor Statistics says 2.2 million Americans quit their jobs in its Jobs Openings and Labor Turnover Summary, which is a sign that workers have more confidence in the economy, EmploymentCrossing maintains.
EmploymentCrossing states that this is a major increase in the number of Americans voluntarily leaving their jobs since the recession's height in June 2009 when only 1.8 million Americans voluntarily left their jobs. The amount of workers who quit their jobs remained virtually unchanged in 2012, according to the BLS.
"An increasing number of Americans are not going to quit their jobs unless they have another one lined up or are sure of getting another job soon," says Harrison Barnes, CEO of EmploymentCrossing, which has found 2.28 million job openings throughout the country.
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Most jobs are found in the health care industry with 411,000 open positions in various locations in the country, EmploymentCrossing finds. Other top industries include sales with 260,000 open jobs, retail with 256,000 open jobs, information technology with 238,000 open jobs, hospitality with 193,000 open jobs, engineering with 163,000 open jobs, nursing with 144,000 open jobs, customer service with 117,000 open jobs, financial services with 109,000 open jobs and accounting with 78,000 open jobs.
EmploymentCrossing also finds that California remains the country's top place for employment with 259,000 open jobs, and the health care industry is also the primary job industry in California with 36,000 open jobs.
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