https://phys.org/news/2018-10-unprecedented-growth-college-labor.html > This comes as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 7.1 million job openings, a record number. > "We've never witnessed such a stretch in the 48 years of this report," said Phil Gardner, survey author and director of MSU's Collegiate Employment Research Institute. "The good news is the pace of growth has slowed down so we can sustain it."