The jobs are coming

So we are one month into 2010 and I can say for certain that job growth is happening.

I offer the following proof:

1. Eric Shannon of Latpro wrote yesterday about the increase of job board activity by employers. Read it here.

2. The folks at LinkUp, a job search engine that indexes jobs from over 20,000 company websites throughout the U.S., reported that new job listings on company websites rose by 69,082 (18%) from December. Total job listings on company websites in LinkUp’s search engine increased by 34,525 (4%). This is in sharp contrast to LinkUp’s dismal December report in which new and total job listings plummeted by 24% and 17% respectively.

3. And finally my own job boards have seen about 20% increase in the number of job postings since January 1st.

So here we have three independent sources confirming new job activity. I can't tell you if its sustainable or that we are out of the woods but its definitely a damn good sign. The jobs report comes out friday and it may still show declines but my evidence points to positive job growth coming soon.