Hiring likely slowed down in May, both nationally and in Fairfield County, according to reports that have been released in advance of Friday’s all-important jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor.
A regional job board said data supports a “stabilization” of the county’s job market in May.
Job postings to FairfieldCountyJobs.com, an online jobs board owned by AllCountyJobs.com L.L.C., decreased 3 percent in May compared with April postings. The health care, financial services and education industries featured the highest volume of postings in May.
“The May numbers suggest that the regional job market may be stabilizing,” said David Lewis, CEO of AllCountyJobs.com, in a release. “Seeing some diversity in terms of industry types and role types now with open positions suggests that the market is improving more broadly, versus in the past where improvement seemed to be localized to certain industries.”
Also on Wednesday, national payroll processing firm ADP released its monthly estimate for private-sector job growth, which forecast the addition of 135,000 positions. That would represent a significant drop-off from April, when private-sector employers added about 176,000 positions nationally.
