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“The Great Resignation” Continues With An Additional 4.5 Million Americans Quitting Their Jobs In March Leaving 11.5 Million Jobs Available

<p style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">When 2022 began&comma; many were optimistic that the job forecast for getting Americans back to work would kick off the new year in financially satisfying ways—but based on the latest expert reports&comma; Americans are still leaving their jobs in record numbers&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;the-great-resignation-is-reportedly-here-as-a-record-4-3-million-americans-quit-their-jobs-in-august-with-restaurant-and-retail-industries-hit-the-hardest&sol;">The Great Resignation<&sol;a>” is continuing&comma; as almost 5 million people quit their jobs in the month of March alone and industry experts say that despite previous predictions&comma; things could get even worse for the job market&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Great Resignation” is showing absolutely no signs of slowing down&comma; as American workers are permanently <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2022&sol;05&sol;03&sol;economy&sol;job-openings-quits-march&sol;index&period;html&quest;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;social&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;term&equals;link&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;content&equals;2022-05-03T16&percnt;3A30&percnt;3A08&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twCNN">leaving their jobs<&sol;a> at rapid rates&period; &commat;CNN reports&comma; according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics&comma; a new record-setting 4&period;5 million Americans quit their jobs in March 2022&period; The industries with the most resignations are within the professional&sol;business services sector and construction&period; Nationwide resignation rates also rose by 3&percnt;&comma; which is the highest since December of last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">However&comma; in an interesting survey from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover&comma; the number of available jobs across the country rose to 11&period;5 million—which now stands at its highest level in 22 years&comma; dating all the way back to December 2000&period; Julia Pollack&comma; Chief Economist of job placement company ZipRecruiter&comma; explained why she believes Americans are saying goodbye to their jobs&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As employers require workers to return to offices&comma; quits are ticking upwards&period; A major reason for quitting is to find a remote opportunity&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Additionally&comma; the rate of job openings rose back up to 7&period;1&percnt; within the last two months&comma; this figure translates to there being 1&period;9 job openings for every unemployed worker in March of this year&period; To further add to the increasing resignation numbers&comma; reports show that American businesses are still facing the increasing inability for jobs to be filled and maintained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">As we previously reported last year&comma; 47 million people resigned from their jobs in 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Want tea directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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