WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. employers posted slightly less job openings in December 2012 from the previous month, U.S. Labor Department reported on Tuesday.
The number of job openings dropped to 3.62 million in December from 3.79 million in November.
A separate Labor Department report released last month showed that the U.S. unemployment rate reached 7.8 percent in December, and the total number of unemployed Americans topped 12.2 million.
That means an average of nearly 3.4 people competing for every job opening opportunity in December.
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