President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan saved or created 640,000 jobs, and jobs linked to this year's tax cuts put the total number of jobs created this year by government actions at over 1 million.

According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Job Openings and Labor Turnover report, released in mid-October, there were 2.4 million advertised job openings as of August. And routine turnover caused the hiring of about 4 million workers.