[March 05, 2015]

Simply Hired Reports that U.S. Job Openings Grew 2.47% in February 2015

Simply Hired, the largest independent job search engine with properties in 24 countries and 12 languages, today released its U.S. Employment Outlook report for the month of February 2015. The new report finds that nationwide job openings increased 2.47% in February compared to the previous month. Every major metro posted gains, with Dallas & Fort Worth, Texas and Cleveland & Akron, Ohio seeing the largest month-to-month growth.

"The Simply Hired Employment Outlook shows solid 2.47% growth in U.S. job listings in February 2015 with every area of the country posting increases," said James Beriker, President and CEO of Simply Hired. "Job inventory continues to remain highest in healthcare, and we see healthcare employers heavily epresented among the top posting companies in major metro regions."

Additional key findings from the monthly Simply Hired Employment Outlook report include:

• A majority of industries and occupations experience growth. Job openings increased in 13 out of 17 industries in February 2015, with legal and media showing the largest gains. Almost all occupation categories (50 out of 53) posted month-over-month gains, led by motor vehicle workers.
• Healthcare remains industry with greatest job inventory. Nearly one-half of the top posting companies in February 2015 were healthcare-related. There were also a significant number of job openings at financial services and technology companies.
• Metro highlight: Chicago, IL. Simply Hired data identifies transportation, government and hospitality as the top posting industries in the Chicago metro region. The top posting companies in the area include Advocate Health Care (#1), PwC (#2), Oracle (News - Alert) (#3), Presence Health (#4) and Allstate (#5).

About Simply Hired

Simply Hired, a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, operates job search engines in 24 countries and 12 languages. With more than 34 million unique visitors per month, the company provides job seekers access to millions of job openings across all job categories and industries, reaching job seekers on the web, mobile devices, email, and via thousands of partner sites including The Washington Post, Fox Business, VentureBeat, ABC News, Computerworld, and International Nurses Association. Simply Hired enables employers to efficiently and cost-effectively reach candidates searching for jobs through its full-service pay-per-click (PPC) and self-service pay-per-post job advertising solutions. Simply Hired was founded in 2004 and is privately held with funding from Foundation Capital and IDG Ventures. For more information, visit www.simplyhired.com.

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