Demand for labor is so strong now that there are more job openings than workers officially listed as unemployed in Ohio and across the U.S.
Nationwide, there were 10.6 million job openings at the end of November, according to the most recent federal data. Meanwhile, the number of people listed as unemployed fell to 6.4 million in December.
It's a similar story in Ohio, where 381,00 openings were posted in November, federal data show. The state's last unemployment report for November showed 275,000 unemployed workers.
