NEW YORK, May 25 (Reuters) - Help-wanted ads in U.S. newspapers and on the Internet fell in April, a private research group said on Thursday.
The Conference Board said its gauge measuring help-wanted ad volume in the United States was 35 in April, down from 37 in March, which was revised down from a prior estimate of 38. The index was 39 in April 2005.
New online job ads fell 6 percent in April from the prior month to 2.26 million, the research group said.
"The latest data shows that job advertising softened in April," said Conference Board economist Ken Goldstein, in a statement discussing the data. "Total employment in April was only 1.7 percent higher than one year ago."
In the last three months, help-wanted advertising declined in all nine regions tracked, the research group said.
