That is really the only sector in this employment outlook where you can see a softening that is carried through a quarter as well as on a year-over-year basis.

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We may have moved away from the boom-and-bust tendencies of the past where either it's all gloom and things go down very rapidly or it's all we're booming and things are moving up very fast.

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We are experiencing growing pains in the U.S. as we shift from a skills-based economy to a knowledge-based economy. Note that the top five jobs that are hardest to fill all require advanced training and skills.

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The West has been coming through with a strong and healthy hiring outlook now for the past 9 quarters, especially in these past two quarters. They've done very well. The Northeast and Midwest have lagged the level of optimism, but we're still talking about positive territory.

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U.S. employers are continuing their healthy hiring pace.

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