'Soft' job market to kick off 2006

The Conference Board Help-Wanted Advertising Index, a key measure of job offerings in major newspapers across America, gained one point in November to 39, up from 38 in October.

In the last three months, help-wanted advertising increased in six of the nine U.S. regions. Largest increases occurred in the Mountain (7.3 percent), East South Central (5.8 percent) and Middle Atlantic (5.3 percent) regions. Declines occurred in the Pacific (-4.7 percent), West South Central (-4.4 percent) and South Atlantic (-3.3 percent) regions.

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