employment growth
More people working
Employment growth is the increase in the number of jobs or employed workers within an economy, industry, or region over a given period.
Economists and policymakers track it as a key indicator of economic health: The tech sector drove most of the region's employment growth last quarter.
Strong employment growth typically signals expansion; negative growth indicates contraction.
- job creationEstablishing new work positions
- labor marketEmployment supply and demand
- hiring spreeIntensive period of employment
- help wantedEmployment listings header
- manufacturing jobsEmployment producing tangible products
job openings · green jobs · labor force participation · back to work · labor shortage · skill development · demographic shifts · economic expansion · entrepreneurship · trade policies · consumer demand · productivity · minimum wage laws · investment · technological innovation · hiring · staffing · inflation
employment growthjob losses
workforce reduction · layoffs · downsizing · mass layoffs · redundancies
employment growthrecession
Prolonged economic decline
economic contraction · depression · unemployment spike · economic decline · economic downturn
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