Labor Department: Job openings remain scarce for unemployed

By Chris Isidore, senior writer, from CNNMoney.com

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The number of job openings increased slightly in August, but there was no real improvement of the odds that unemployed workers will find a job, a government report showed Thursday.

There were 3.2 million job openings in August, up from 3.1 million positions that were available in July, the Labor Department said.

That means there were 4.6 unemployed job seekers per job opening, unchanged from the previous month.

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