The number of job seekers in contact with the Employment Service and the Mehalev (Wisconsin Plan) offices fell a seasonally-adjusted 0.2 percent, to 228,600 in November from 229,100 in September, the bureau said Wednesday. Although October was skipped due to the small number of days worked, trend data indicate a 0.2% rise in job seekers from October to November. The number of requests for workers - submitted to the service by potential employers - rose a32.8% to 24,200 this November from 18,200 last November, while job placements achieved by the service rose 15.7% to 11,800 from 10,200.function initServerVars() { _headup.clientHost = 'http://newstopics.jpost.com'; _headup.termsFromServer = 0; _headup.annotatedTerms = 0; _headup.widgetMode = 'snippet'; _headup.snippetButtonStyle = 'banner'; _headup.blackListedUrl = false; } <!-- Terms Count: 0 TTL: 4 Terms From Server: DateTime: 6/12/2011 12:41:57 AM -->