The Conference Board−Lightcast Help Wanted OnLine Index of jobs ads rose in March to a reading of 151.4 (July 2018=100), up from a downwardly revised 145.9 in January.

Its 1.4% increase between March and February follows a 0.1% increase between February and January. However, the index remains down 7.8% from a year ago.

The index measures the change in advertised online job vacancies over time, reflecting monthly trends in employment opportunities across the US. The Conference Board produces the index in collaboration with Lightcast, a labor market data and analysis provider. The ads are collected in real time from more than 50,000 online job domains.