But a better gauge, they said, is the four-week average, which also fell but remained above 400,000, a benchmark for job growth.
Benchmarking the job market When you're busy at work it's easy to lose sight of the changing needs of the job market.
It's definitely the benchmark of all jobs".
For other benchmark problems with jobs between 50 and 100, the proposed algorithm, ADJ-Reduced improved the existing best known values within a practical time frame.
The actual numbers have come in just slightly ahead of the 150,000-job benchmark, it turns out, suggesting that Mr. Obama might be favored to win re-election, but is not a lock to do so.
While the government uses the survey of employers to estimate the number of jobs, the benchmark revisions are based on reports from states on the number of employees for whom unemployment insurance premiums are paid.
Peter Fenton, also formerly of Accel, has similarly done a bang-up job for Benchmark, which lured him away in 2006.
A former GM vice president, Krach's job at Benchmark was to look at Internet plays and then lead one of them.
Next month Corinne will be discussing how to benchmark your skills in the job market and decode job advertisements You can check out Corinne's February instalment on how to set your career goals for the year ahead here Corinne Mills is managing director of Personal Career Management and is author of several best-selling career books This content is brought to you by Guardian Professional.
Still, some perspective is in order: Total nonfarm payroll employment now stands at 132.4 million jobs, after some benchmark revisions, or about 5.6 million jobs lower than the 138 million at the peak in January 2008.
