How do employers fill vacant positions?

If you have ever wondered how employers fill positions, this will give you some great information. You will be better prepared for the job search when you know what to expect.

So, how does the job search work?

An employer wants to fill a position as quickly as possible with as little hassle as possible with an individual with a proven track record. An employer's first choice would most likely be someone from within the company who is driven, desires the position and is prepared to move up. As we all know, there aren’t a line of people being groomed for upward mobility in most organizations.

So, the second option available to employers would most likely be someone that the employer knows can handle the job well and will not take long to train and can move into the position fairly quickly and easily. More often than not, it is someone outside of the organization.

This situation definately happens more than the first one, but consider this: an employer obviously can't know enough people to fill every position that becomes vacant in any given year (especially if the coompany is a large one).

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Unemployment

REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MARCH 2006

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed
in March. Overall, 33 states registered over-the-month unemployment rate
decreases, 9 states recorded increases, and 8 states and the District of
Columbia had no change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor reported today. Jobless rates were down over the year in 43
states and the District of Columbia, up in 5 states, and unchanged in 2
states. The national unemployment rate in March, 4.7 percent, was little
changed from that of February, but was down by 0.4 percentage point from a
year earlier.

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and the Bureau of Labor Statistics