US job openings surpass number of unemployed

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The number of available jobs since May has outnumbered Americans looking for work, The Wall Street Journal reports. Job openings reached 10.1 million in June, while 8.7 million were unemployed in July One factor contributing to this phenomenon is a mismatch between where people want to work and which industries are hiring.  This is because

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