U.S. employers advertised a 13-year-high of 4.67 million jobs in June, the highest number the country has seen since February 2001, according to a Department of Labor report released last week.

June’s job openings marked a 3.3 percent increase in the rate of job openings, the highest since June 2007. Areas that saw increases in openings include factories, retailers, and professional and business services.

The report follows other positive signs of economic growth. Earlier this month, the Department of Labor reported a July jobs gain of 209,000, marking six consecutive months of jobs gains over 200,000, which last occurred in 1997.

Jeremy Schwartz, an analyst at Credit Suisse bank said that the report “provides further confirmation that the U.S. labor market has indeed shifted to a period of stronger growth.”