Help-wanted advertising rebounded in June.
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The New York-based Conference Board said its help-wanted ad index rose to 141 last month, 13 points above the May level. The June reading in the index was still below last December’s 145 and matched the June, 1985, level. The help-wanted index measures the volume of classified advertising in 51 major newspapers throughout the United States. Advertising volume rose in all nine regions of the country measured.
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