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• Solid and slowly accelerating employment gains were driven by hiring in the
professional and business services sector.
• The unemployment rate rose slightly, primarily due to an increase in the labor force,
while those working part-time for economic reasons continues to fall.
• Experts had anticipated another very sluggish month of hiring, due to colder than
usual weather throughout much of the U.S.
Despite wintry weather conditions blanketing much of the country, the U.S. labor market managed to heat up very slightly in February.
The economy generated a respectable 175,000 new jobs during the month—less than the average 194,000 per month added in 2013,
but a healthy increase from the revised +84,000 jobs created in December and +129,000 in January.
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WORKERS IN FEBRUARY
U.S. EMPLOYERS HIRED
A TOTAL OF
6.7%
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
ROSE TO
7.7% LAST FEBRUARY
175,000
FEBRUARY JOBS REPORT: GOOD BUT NOT GREAT

2. Talent Market Monthly: March 7, 2014
February’s employment gains were led by the professional
and business services category, which added 79,000 jobs
over the month. The construction industry also created
jobs (+15,000) despite adverse weather conditions.
Manufacturing hiring was slow, (+6,000), but the sector
has posted seven straight months of positive employment
gains. Public sector hiring was also positive in February,
driven by state and local government; federal government
jobs fell by 6,000.
The unemployment rate edged up by 0.1 percentage point
to 6.7% in February, as more workers entered the labor
force. The number of workers who hold part-time jobs for
economic reasons continued to slowly decline, and is
down more than two million people from a peak of 9.2
million workers in 2010.
After two months of disappointing employment figures
and soft recent economic indicators, February’s solid jobs
report can be seen as a welcome improvement. Still, U.S.
economic and labor market conditions remain like much of
the country’s temperatures—stubbornly cool, with
expectations of a warm-up in the coming months.
EMPLOYMENT OVERVIEW
SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB
Total non-farm employment growth 164K 237K 274K 84K 129K 175K
Private sector employment growth 153K 247K 272K 86K 145K 162K
Unemployment rate 7.2% 7.2% 7.0% 6.7% 6.6% 6.7%
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According to research from Pew, more than half of American adults now own a
smartphone (58%), and 42% own a tablet computer. Mobile technologies are
becoming the tool of choice for all kinds of tasks, from getting directions to
coordinating social get-togethers to checking the score of a basketball game.
It’s no surprise, then, that more people are using their mobile devices to help in
their career decisions as well. A survey from GlassDoor found that three out of five
people have searched for jobs on their mobile devices; around a third of those say
they use their mobile device to search for jobs on a daily basis. Nearly nine in ten
(89%) of employees who plan to look for a new job in the next year say their
mobile device will be an important tool and resource for their job search.
Prospective employees are also using their smartphones and tablets to research
companies and salary information. Increasingly, they also expect to be able to
apply for positions directly from their mobile devices. One in four respondents to
the GlassDoor survey say they would not apply to a job if the company’s career
site was not optimized for mobile—a clear sign that, in order to win the war for
talent, employers need to get mobile.
Sources: Pew Internet Project, GlassDoor