The labor  markets  are  heating  up  along with  the  economy.The unemployment rate at 4.1 percent is near the historic low, hiring is on the upswing This Flash study focuses on  the dynamics of print labor market conditions over the past few years. It focus on trends in three key variables:Total printing employment•Printing separations or turnover•

Printing hire

There seems to be a persistent but false perspective “out there” that the printing industry is the last place anyone should look for a job. For example,a recent post on a web-based news source called 24/7 Wall Street reported on the 25 best and 25 worst industries for job opportunities. The printing industry was listed as one of the “dying” industries. t is true that total printing employment  has been trending down  over the past few years.By far, productivity  increases have contributed  to  the  decline

the  most.  Productivity enhancements lead to increased sales per employee and fewer employees per million dollars of sales. For more information.