Job Openings on Track for New High Ahead of Omicron Wave

U.S. job openings are on track to have ended last year at a record high in a strong labor market where the gap between available positions and workers continues to widen.

There were 12 million job openings in the U.S. at the end of December, according to estimates from job-search site Indeed, based on an analysis of online job postings and government data sources.