Online help wanted ads increased in April by a count of 204,300 — according to The Conference Board’s Help Wanted Online (HWOL) Data Series report of May 1, 2013.

The HWOL measures help-wanted advertising through analysis of over 16,000 online resources. According to the latest report of supply vs demand, which tracks the number of unemployed compared with the number of publicized vacancies, there are 2.4 unemployed workers for each advertised position.

The report also notes that in March there were 6.8 million more unemployed individuals than the number of advertised vacancies, a significant reduction from 11.9 million in the month of June 2009. Perhaps good news for the economy overall, it also signifies a return to a more challenging hiring market for staffing managers.

Among the sectors with the largest increases in job postings were healthcare and information technology.