Private sector employment in the United States increased by 209,000 jobs from February 2012 to March 2012, with the private service providing sector adding 164,000 jobs and the private goods producing sector rising by 45,000 jobs during the month, according to the March 2012 ADP National Employment Report® from Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP®). The report, which marks the twenty-sixth consecutive monthly gain in private employment as measured by ADP, is available at: http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/pdf/FINAL_Report_March_12.pdf. Estimated gains for previous months were revised higher in the March 2012 ADP Report, as gains from December 2011 to January 2012 were revised up by 9,000 to 182,000 jobs and gains from January 2012 to February 2012 were revised up by 14,000 to 230,000 jobs. Other U.S. private employment highlights from the March 2012 Report include:

  • Small businesses representing payrolls with 1 to 49 employees added 100,000 jobs from February 2012 to March 2012.
  • Medium businesses representing payrolls with 50 to 499 employees added 87,000 jobs from February 2012 to March 2012.
  • Large businesses representing payrolls with more than 499 employees added 22,000 jobs from February 2012 to March 2012.
Of the 100,000 jobs created in private small business employment, the ADP Small Business Report® – a subset of the ADP National Employment Report – found that 83,000 small business jobs were created in the service providing sector while 17,000 small business jobs were created in the goods producing sector. The ADP Small Business Report is available at http://www.smallbusinessreport.adp.com/. Created by ADP in partnership with Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC, the ADP National Employment Report is derived from actual payroll data from an anonymous subset of roughly 500,000 U.S. business clients and measures the change in total nonfarm private employment each month. The April 2012 ADP National Employment Report will be released May 2, 2012. For more information about pre-employment background checks for job applicants, visit Employment Screening Resources (ESR) – ‘The Background Check Authority’ and nationwide background screening company accredited by the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS®) – at https://www.esrcheck.com/ or call ESR at 415.898.0044 or toll free at 888.999.4474. Sources: http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/pdf/FINAL_Release_March_12.pdf. http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/pdf/FINAL_Report_March_12.pdf. http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/. http://www.smallbusinessreport.adp.com. About Employment Screening Resources (ESR): Employment Screening Resources (ESR) – ‘The Background Check AuthoritySM’ – provides accurate and actionable information, empowering employers to make informed safe hiring decisions for the benefit for our clients, their employees, and the public. ESR literally wrote the book on background screening with “The Safe Hiring Manual” by Founder and CEO Lester Rosen. ESR is accredited by The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), a distinction held by less than two percent of all screening firms. By choosing an accredited screening firm like ESR, employers know they have selected an agency that meets the highest industry standards. For more information about Employment Screening Resources (ESR), visit https://www.esrcheck.com/ or call 415.898.0044 or 888.999.4474. About ESR News: The Employment Screening Resources (ESR) News blog – ESR News – provides employment screening information for employers, recruiters, and jobseekers on a variety of topics including credit reports, criminal records, data privacy, discrimination, E-Verify, jobs reports, legal updates, negligent hiring, workplace violence, and use of search engines and social network sites for background checks. For more information about ESR News or to send comments or questions, please email ESR News Editor Thomas Ahearn at [email protected].]]>

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