Job ads in print newspapers dipped in May, according to a report released Thursday by the Conference Board, but online job ads have continued to grow. The Conference Board's May Help-Wanted
Advertising Index, which surveys help-wanted advertising volume in print editions of 51 major newspapers monthly, dipped two points in May, standing at 37 from 39 in April and in May of 2004. The
Board's survey showed help-wanted declining in all nine U.S. geographic regions, with the sharpest dips occurring in the Mountain region (where ads fell 15.4 percent), South Atlantic (decline of 13.9
percent), and East South Central (11.7 percent drop).
-- Michael Deibert