claim: "our economy still has three people looking for every job (opening)."
author: gene sperling
evidence_1: nov 30, 2017 ... progress erasing the jobs deficit was slow for some time, but the economy has  now recovered the 8.7 million jobs lost between the start of the recession in  december 2007 and early 2010 and .... at one point at the beginning of the  recovery there were 7 people looking for work for every job opening.
evidence_2: jan 7, 2016 ... there are a lot of arguments for jumping ship every few years. the economy isn't  what it used to be—and never will be again. workers who stay with a company  longer than two years are said to get paid 50% less, and job hoppers are  believed to have a higher learning curve, be higher performers, and ...
evidence_3: mar 7, 2017 ... every month, the federal bureau of labor statistics releases a flood of data about  employment and unemployment in the u.s. and every month, the lion's ... people  who'd like a job but have stopped looking because they don't believe any work is  available – aren't counted as part of the labor force at all.
evidence_4: aug 7, 2015 ... "we have a chronic shortage of certain skills." another bad fact: so far this year,  for every job opening, about 30 people apply on average. of those applicants,  less than 20% meet the qualifications for the job, according to corporate  executive board, a research group. fuller points out one major problem: ...
evidence_5: jul 16, 2015 ... the u.s. economy has created 11.5 million new jobs during the last 57  consecutive months of domestic labor force expansion. ... that number didn't do  justice to the 640,000 individuals who exited the labor market last month and the  nearly 94 million people who were neither employed nor looking for work.